Johanneshowellia crateriorum Reveal

Lunar crater buckwheat (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Johanneshowellia

Characteristics

Plants spreading, reddish, 0.5-3 × 1-3(-5) dm, thinly silky-puberulent. Stems 0.3-0.5 dm. Leaf blades obovate to rounded or somewhat reniform, 0.5-1.5 × 0.5-1.5 cm. Inflorescences spreading, diffuse, 5-25 cm; bracts triangular, 1-2(-2.5) × 1-2(-2.5) mm, scalelike, glabrous but ciliate on margins. Involucral bracts oblanceolate to obovate, 0.5-0.8 × 0.1-0.3 mm, glabrous but ciliate on margins, outermost one deeply 2-lobed. Flowers: perianth white to rose, becoming red in fruit, 2-2.5 mm, smooth; tepals monomorphic, lanceolate, not auriculate, margins entire; filaments 1.2-1.8 mm. Achenes 1.3-1.8 mm.
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Distribution

Johanneshowellia crateriorum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60436794-2
WFO ID wfo-0001271375
COL ID 6NG6C
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Synonyms

Johanneshowellia crateriorum