Ayenia euphrasifolia Griseb.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Ayenia

Characteristics

Subshrubs, decumbent to ascending, 0.1–0.4 m. Stems hairy, hairs mostly simple, often retrorse, sometimes also fasciculate and/or stellate. Leaves: petiole (0.1–)0.2–0.5 cm; blade orbiculate to ovate, unlobed, 0.4–1.4 × 0.1–0.7 bifurcate, and fasciculate; petal claws 2–3 mm, lamina rhombic to ± triangular, 1 × 1 mm, base attenuate on claw, margins entire, apex notched, surfaces slightly hairy abaxially, hairs minute, simple, or glandlike, abaxial appendage cylindric to ± clavate, 0.5 mm; androgynophore (1–)2.2–3 mm; stamen filaments present; stigmas exserted. Capsules oblate to subspheric, 4–5 × 4–5 mm, sparingly stellate-pubescent, prickles 0.3–0.5 mm. Seeds 2 mm, densely tuberculate.
Life form perennial
Growth form subshrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822171-1
WFO ID wfo-0000557552
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Synonyms

Ayenia euphrasifolia Byttneria euphrasifolia