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Aptenia
Family:
Aizoaceae
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Flora of North America
Resources
Nancy J. Vivrette in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Subshrubs,
succulent, minutely papillate to smooth, glabrous.
Roots
fibrous, sometimes thick and fleshy.
Stems
prostrate or climbing, green.
Leaves
cauline, opposite [alternate], petiolate, those of each pair equal; stipules absent; blade cordate [lanceolate], flat, margins entire.
Inflorescences
axillary [terminal], flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters, sessile or peduncled; bracts absent.
Flowers
showy, campanulate, 1 cm diam.; hypanthium conic; calyx lobes 4, unequal, 2 larger and leaflike, 2 green, tapered; petals (including petaloid staminodia) 140, connate proximally, white, cream, yellow, or pink to purple; nectary absent; stamens 80, arising from hypanthium; pistil 4-carpellate; ovary inferior, 4-loculed; placentation axile; styles absent; stigmas 4, linear.
Fruits
capsules, hygroscopic, obconic; valves 4; valve lids and wings absent.
Seeds
800, brownish black, flat, tuberculate; arils absent.
Species within checklist:
Phoenix Cultivated Plants
Aptenia cordifolia
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