Floerkea Willd.

Floerkea (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Limnanthaceae

Characteristics

Stems decumbent to erect. Leaves ternate or pinnately lobed; leaflet blade oblanceolate to elliptic, sometimes 2-3-parted, margins entire. Pedicels spreading or nodding. Flowers: sepals 3, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate; petals 3, shorter than sepals; nectary glands antisepalous; stamens 3 or 6; ovary 3-lobed. Fruits mericarps, ovoid-globose, tuberculate or rugulose (especially distally). x = 5.
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Fls 3-merous, autogamous; pet shorter than the sep; stamens 3–6; carpels 2 or 3; style shortly cleft at the top; delicate autogamous annuals with small white fls. Monospecific.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Floerkea world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16814-1
WFO ID wfo-4000014863
COL ID 4KH4
BDTFX ID 99203
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Synonyms

Floerkea

Lower taxons

Floerkea proserpinacoides