Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Polycnemum majus Nitrophila occidentalis Aphanisma blitoides	Bee F. Gunn Bee F. Gunn Bee F. Gunn

Herbs, annual, glabrous. Stems prostrate, decumbent, ascending and stout or slender and flexuous, simple or sparsely branched, not jointed or armed, succulent. Leaves alternate, sessile or petiolate; blade not fleshy, margins entire; proximal spatulate, oblanceolate, or oblong, apex obtuse or acute; distal ovate-oblong to cordate-oblong, base clasping. Inflorescences axillary, sessile, 1–5-flowered. Flowers bisexual; perianth 3 (–5) -lobed, herbaceous; stigmas 3; stamen 1. Fruiting structures: utricle globose, exceeding perianth at maturity; pericarp free from seed, green, membranous, dehiscence circumscissile. Seeds horizontal, lenticular; seed-coat black, rugose-punctate; embryo incompletely annular, perisperm copious.

Distribution

Calif., nw Mexico

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Aphanisma blitoides