Phtheirospermum Bunge ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae

Characteristics

Herbs, annual or perennial, viscid glandular villous. Stems 1 or cespitose. Leaves petiolate or sessile; leaf blade pinnately parted to pinnatisect. Flowers axillary from upper leaves, in lax racemes, short pedicellate. Bracteoles absent. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; lobes entire to pinnately parted. Corolla tubular, with 2 folds; lower lip spreading flat, 3-lobed; upper lip shorter than lower, erect, 2-lobed; lobes revolute. Stamens 4, didynamous; anterior stamens longer than posterior, included or exserted; anthers glabrous or woolly; anther locules 2, equal, distinct, parallel, mucronate. Ovary narrowly ovoid, apex 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid, compressed, beaked, loculicidal, valves entire. Seed ovoid; seed coat reticulate.
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Images

Phtheirospermum unspecified picture

Distribution

Phtheirospermum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37917-1
WFO ID wfo-4000029353
COL ID 6PDJ
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Synonyms

Centrantheropsis Phtheirospermum

Lower taxons

Phtheirospermum japonicum