WorldFloraDB - Diclis tenella

Characteristics

Leaves petiolate; lamina (5)15–25(42) x (4)9–22(34) mm., very broadly ovate to subcircular, shortly subcuneate at base, coarsely serrate-denate, sparsely to subdensely villous above and beneath; petiole (5)10–18(28) mm. long, slender, variously villous.

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Corolla white to occasionally pale pinkish-mauve 6–9(10.5) mm. long including spur; spur 2–6(8) mm. long, distinctly curved; upper lip bilobed, lobes rounded; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes unequal.

Prostrate or creeping annual herb, much branched; branches 5–25 cm. long, slender, softly villous occasionally rooted at nodes.

Capsule 1.6–2.4 mm. long, 2.2–2.5 mm. wide, subglobose, laterally compressed, emarginate, minutely glandular-pubescent

Calyx 1.5–2.8 mm. long, lobes c. 0.5 mm. wide, unequal, ovate-oblong, shortly pubescent to subglabrous.

Pedicels (10)25–65 mm. long, capillary to filiform, shortly villous to subglabrous especially above.

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:801965-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000646109
COL ID	35QCJ
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Synonyms

Diclis tenella

WorldFloraDB 2024

Diclis tenella Hemsl.

Species