Sanguisorba L.
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0402C-FFF6-E35F-FDB1-F3BAD0ECFC6D |
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Plazi |
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Sanguisorba L. |
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13. Sanguisorba L. View in CoL 2
Perennial herbs. Leaves pinnate. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, in dense, terminal capitula or spikes, with 2(-3) bracteoles below each flower. Hypanthium deeply concave; sepals 4; epicalyx and petals absent; stamens 4 or numerous, rarely 2; carpels 1—2(—3); style terminal. Fruit of l (-2) achenes enclosed in the 4-angled hypanthium, which becomes dry and hard.
Literature: G. Nordborg, Op. Bot. (Lund) 11(2): 1 -103 (1966) and 16: 1 -166 (1967).
1 All flowershermaphrodite
2 Sepalsdullcrimson 1. officinalis
2 Sepalsgreen 3 Fruiting hypanthium with narrow wings; stamens 4 2. albanica 3 Fruiting hypanthium with broad wings; stamens 4-15
3. dodecandra 1 Upper flowers of capitulum female 4 Plant viscid,withglandular hairs 4. hybrida 4 Plant not viscid,without glandularhairs 5 Rhizome clothed with the sheaths of old leaves 5. ancistroides 5 Rhizome not clothed with the sheaths of old leaves 6 Faces of the hypanthium reticulate, sculptured or irregu
larly ridged 6. minor 6 Faces of the hypanthium with longitudinal ridges
7. eretica
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