Iresine diffusa
Sp. Pl. 4(2): 765. 1806.
Common names: Juba’s bush
Herbs, annual or weakly perennial, 4–30 dm. Stems erect, spreading, or clambering, much-branched, glabrous or sparsely villous. Leaves opposite; blade ovate to lanceolate, 3–14 × 1.5–7 cm, glabrous or villous. Inflorescences: panicles, 10–40 cm; bracts and bracteoles 1/3–2/3 as long as tepals. Flowers pedicellate; tepals whitish to stramineous, oblong, 0.6–0.8 mm, hyaline, apex obtuse or rounded, densely villous. Utricles included in tepals, greenish, ovoid, 0.6–0.8 mm, apex obtuse. Seeds 0.5–0.7 mm.
Phenology: Flowering fall.
Habitat: Hammocks, marshes, other habitats mostly near coast
Elevation: 0-10 m
Distribution
Fla., La., Tex., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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dehiscence +
villous +
obtuse;rounded;obtuse +
membranous +
1/3;2/3 +
membranous +
Juba’s bush +
peripheral +
alternating +
connate +
pedicellate +
hypogynous +
unisexual +
cluster +
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arranged +
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superior +
surrounding +
absent +
Sp. Pl. +
1806 +
lenticular +
much-branched +
capitate +
2;3 +
slender +
absent +
Iresine diffusa +
Iresine +
species +
1-3-veined +
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oblong +
simple +
greenish +
dehiscing +
ovoid +
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