Cycnium recurvum (Oliv.) Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae > Cycnium

Characteristics

Calyx 3–13 mm. long, campanulate, densely strigose to glabrous without; tube 2–5 mm. long; lobes five, 1–8 mm. long, triangular to narrowly triangular or linear, reflexed or spreading, erect in fruit, subequal or with upper reduced in size, furnished with short, somewhat appressed hairs, mixed with subsessile glands.
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Corolla white or pink; tube 8–18 mm. long, curved, somewhat gibbous above middle, glandular without; limb 6–16 mm. in diam.
Erect annual herb 20–80 cm. tall; stems simple to much branched; branches usually opposite, ascending.
Capsule 7–14 mm. long including beak, winged and dehiscent along upper suture only.
Bracteoles 2.5–8 mm. long, subulate to linear, adnate to base of calyx tube.
Leaves 10–70 cm. long, bi-or pinnatisect; segments 0.5–1.5(2) mm. wide.
Filaments of shorter stamens 2–3 mm. long, of longer 3–7 mm. long.
Ovary 1–2 mm. long and broad, subspherical laterally compressed.
Style 4–6 mm. long including compressed stigma.
Inflorescence spicate or racemose.
Anthers 1.5–2 mm. long.
Pedicels 0–2 mm. long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support parasite
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Cycnium recurvum world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:801796-1
WFO ID wfo-0000632209
COL ID 32YX3
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Synonyms

Cycnium recurvum Rhamphicarpa recurva