Halogeton

C. A. Meyer in C. F. von Ledebour

in C. F. von Ledebour, Icon. Pl. 1: 10, plate 40. 1829.

Common names: (Greek halos salt and geiton neighbor in reference to the habitat of the species)
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 403. Mentioned on page 260, 351.
 TaxonIllustrator 
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Salsola vermiculata
Halogeton glomeratus
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Herbs, annual, polygamous, herbage glaucous, glabrous except for axillary tufts of long white hairs. Stems erect or spreading, much-branched, not jointed, not armed, somewhat fleshy. Leaves alternate, sessile, ± succulent; blade terete, narrowly oblong, base expanded, clasping, apex obtuse with caducous, flexible bristle. Inflorescences axillary glomerules; bracts leaflike. Flowers bisexual and unisexual; perianth persistent, deeply 5-parted, not imbricate, apically winged, some with flabellate blade, often indurate; stamens 5 or fewer; stigmas 2. Fruits utricles, orbiculate; pericarp somewhat adherent to seed. Seeds vertical, orbiculate, flattened; seed-coat brown or brownish black; perisperm absent. x = 9.

Distribution

Introduced; Mediterranean region to c Asia

Discussion

Species 5 (1 in the flora).

... more about "Halogeton"
Noel H. Holmgren +
C. A. Meyer in C. F. von Ledebour +
slippery +
aromatic +
expanded +
flabellate +, oblong +  and terete +
persistent +  and deciduous +
reddish-brown +, black +, brown +  and green +
(Greek halos +, salt +, and geiton +, neighbor +  and in reference to the habitat of the species) +
Mediterranean region to c Asia +
symmetric +, or +  and uniseriate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
glabrous +  and glaucous +
succulent +
not winged +  and winged +
entire +  and serrate +
lobed +  and serrate-dentate +
inferior +, half-inferior +  and superior +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
1 +  and single +
not imbricate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
papery +  and chartaceous +
in C. F. von Ledebour, Icon. Pl. +
pointing +  and ascending +
basal +, median +  and position +
blackwell1979a +
bulbous +  and taprooted +
fusiform +
fleshy +  and fibrous +
brownish black +  and brown +
verrucate +  and striate +
reddish-brown +, brown +  and black +
flattened +  and orbiculate +
cylindric +
not armed +, not jointed +  and much-branched +
opposite +  and alternate +
spreading +  and erect +
sessile +  and petiolate +
reduced;small +
horizontal +  and vertical +
verrucate +
Halogeton +
Chenopodiaceae +