Lythrum flexuosum, Lag.
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Lythrum flexuosum |
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6. L. flexuosum Lag. View in CoL , Gen. Sp. Nov. 16 (1816).
Annual, with procumbent, flexuous, reddish branches 3-10 cm. Leaves 5-12 x 1-2-5 mm, oblanceolate-elliptical to linear, alternate, patent, yellowish-green. Flowers trimorphic, patent. Hypanthium c. 5-5 x 2 mm in fruit, cylindrical, obtuse at both ends, purplered. Sepals 1 mm, deltate, white; epicalyx-segments shorter than the sepals, obtuse, patent. Petals c. 4-5 mm, pinkish-purple distally, creamy-white at the base. Stamens 12, some or all exserted. Capsule almost as long as the hypanthium. Seasonally wet places. • C. Spain. Hs. Seldom collected, but very distinct. Most records under this name are referable to 3.
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Lythrum flexuosum
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
L. flexuosum
| Lag. 1816: 16 |