Monolepis Schrad.

Povertyweed (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae

Characteristics

Small glabrous or mealy annual herbs. Leaves alternate, flattened, entire or lobed. Flowers small, in axillary clusters, bisexual or female. Terminal flower of cluster: tepals 3, delicate; stamens 2; stigmas 2, slender. Lateral flowers: tepal 1; stamen 1. Utricle orbicular; pericarp hard; epicarp membranous, the mesocarp white-crystalline, endocarp crustaceous. Seed erect; testa thin; embryo almost annular, curved around apex of seed; radicle inferior; perisperm copious, central.
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Fls perfect; cal of one herbaceous abaxial sep; stamen 1, between the sep and the ovary; ovary compressed; styles 2, very short; pericarp free from the seed, but apparently adherent when dried, cellular-reticulate; seed flat, vertical, acute-margined; embryo annular; branched annuals with small, entire or few-toothed lvs and dense clusters of small sessile fls in the upper axils, forming a leafy terminal spike. 3, w. N. Amer.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Monolepis world distribution map, present in Australia and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30190070-2
WFO ID wfo-4000024713
COL ID 5TD4H
BDTFX ID 86814
INPN ID 994830
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Synonyms

Monolepis

Lower taxons

Monolepis nuttalliana Monolepis spathulata