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Krascheninnikovia
Krascheninnikovia
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Max Licher
Flora of North America
Resources
Noel H. Holmgren in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Subshrubs,
monoecious or dioecious, herbage densely tomentose, hairs stellate.
Stems
erect, not jointed or armed; basal branches woody, flowering branches herbaceous.
Leaves
alternate, petiolate; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, not fleshy, base truncate, margins entire, revolute, apex blunt.
Inflorescences
axillary clusters or small spikes.
Flowers
unisexual; staminate flowers with bractlets absent, perianth 4-parted, stamens 4; pistillate flowers enclosed in 2 partially connate, slightly keeled, densely hirsute bractlets with free tips hornlike, perianth absent, stigmas 2, elongate.
Fruiting structures
ovate, flat utricles; pericarp free, thin
. Seeds
vertical, ovate; seed coat brown, covered with white hairs; embryo annular, perisperm copious.
x
= 9.
Species within checklist:
NAU BIO 414 Native Plants Fall 2011
Krascheninnikovia lanata