Craniospermum Lehm.

Genus

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae

Characteristics

Herbs perennial or biennial. Leaves alternate. Cymes bracteate or ebracteate on lower part. Flowers sessile or short pedicellate. Calyx 5-parted; lobes erect, lanceolate-linear, somewhat enlarged in fruit, subtending fruit, hirsute. Corolla long tubular, slightly thickened distally; throat without appendages, sometimes with scalelike emergences alternate with corolla lobes; limb 5-parted; lobes vertical or spreading, triangular to ovate. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube, with exserted long filaments and linear-oblong anthers. Ovary 4-parted. Style exserted from corolla, entire at apex; stigma capitate or dotlike. Gynobase narrowly fastigiate. Nutlets oblong, glabrous, with cupular emergence abaxially; margin of emergence narrowly winged, entire or dentate; attachment scar at base adaxially. Seeds ovoid, dorsiventrally compressed.
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Images

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Distribution

Craniospermum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4536-1
WFO ID wfo-4000009557
COL ID 3V6H
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Synonyms

Craniospermum

Lower taxons

Craniospermum canescens Craniospermum subvillosum Craniospermum mongolicum Craniospermum subfloccosum Craniospermum tuvinicum