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Polanisia
Family:
Cleomaceae
Max Licher
Flora of North America
Resources
Gordon C. Tucker in Flora of North America (vol. 7)
Herbs
, annual or perennial (unscented).
Stems
sparsely or profusely branched; glandular-pubescent, viscid.
Leaves:
stipules absent or minute; petiole without pulvinus distally; leaflets 3.
Inflorescences
terminal or axillary (from distal leaves), racemes (flat-topped); bracts present (pedicels green to purple, glandular-pubescent).
Flowers
slightly zygomorphic; (receptacle prolonged into gland adaxially); sepals deciduous, distinct, equal; petals unequal (adaxial pair larger); stamens 8-32; filaments inserted on gynophore, (unequal), glabrous; anthers (ellipsoid), not coiling as pollen is released; gynophore ascending in fruit.
Fruits
capsules, dehiscent in distal 1/2 , cylindric, oblong.
Seeds
12-65, globose or subglobose, not arillate, (cleft fused between ends).
x
= 10.
Species within checklist:
DFLT PA Seitts Preserve
Polanisia dodecandra
Polanisia erosa
Polanisia jamesii
Polanisia tenuifolia
Polanisia uniglandulosa