Coriaria myrtifolia, L.
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1. C. myrtifolia L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1037 (1753).
Glabrous; stems 1-3 m, arcuate, with 4-angled, suberect branches. Leaves 3-6 cm, ovate-lanceolate, acute or cuspidate, sessile, opposite, or rarely in whorls of 3-4. Racemes 2-5 cm in flower, longer in fruit, axillary or terminating short, lateral branches. Sepals ovate, acute, persistent. Petals dark reddish-brown in fruit, strongly keeled on inner side, eventually separating to reveal the fruit. Flowers male, female and hermaphrodite, with fairly conspicuous rudiments of stamens in female and carpels in male flowers. Fertile stamens exserted, pendent; sterile stamens included, erect. Fertile styles long-exserted. Achenes 4 mm, ridged, shining black. Dry woods, hedges and rocky places. S. W. Europe, from S. Spain to N. W. Italy. BI Ga?Gr Hs It [Lu].
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Coriaria myrtifolia
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
C. myrtifolia
L. 1753: 1037 |