Althaea L.
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Plazi |
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Althaea L. |
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7. Althaea L. View in CoL 1
Herbs. Flowers rather small, usually distinctly pedunculate or pedicellate, in racemes or panicles. Epicalyx-segments 6-9, united at the base. Petals obovate, entire or emarginate. Staminal tube terete, hairy. Stigmas lateral, filiform. Mericarps indéhiscent, arranged in a single whorl, unilocular, 1-seeded.
Literature: E. G. Baker, Jour. Bot. (London) 28: 140-141
(1890). 1 Annual; indumentum of simple and stellate hairs; anthers yellow
2 Stipules entire; petals scarcely exceeding sepals 1. hirsuta 2 Stipules deeply divided into narrow lobes; petals twice as long as sepals 2. longiflora 1 Perennial; indumentum of stellate hairs only; anthers purplishred
3 Sepals erect in fruit; mericarps glabrous 3. cannabina 3 Sepals curved over the fruit; mericarps stellate-pubescent
4 Leaves entire or lobed to about halfway to base; peduncle of axillary inflorescences shorter than the subtending leaf
4. officinalis 4 Leaves lobed nearly or quite to base; peduncle of axillary inflorescences at least as long as the subtending leaf
5. armeniaca
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