Iresine leptoclada
Aliso 11: 360. 1986.
Common names: Texas shrub
Illustrated
Basionym: Dicraurus leptocladus Bentham & Hooker f. Gen. Pl. 3: 43. 1880
Shrubs, 2–10 dm. Stems with branches ascending, densely villous-sericeous. Leaves alternate; blade ovate, ovatelanceolate, or ovate oblong, 7–25 × 3–9 cm, densely villous abaxially, glabrate. Inflorescences: panicles 2–15 cm; bracts and bractlets of staminate flowers less than 1/2 as long as tepals; bracts and bracteoles of pistillate flowers nearly equaling tepals. Flowers: tepals white, elliptic to oblong, staminate flowers 2–2.5 mm, pistillate flowers 1.5–1.9 mm, apex obtuse, densely villous. Utricles included in tepals, ovoid, apex rounded. Seeds 1 mm.
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Desert scrub
Elevation: 1100-1700 m
Distribution
Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (San Luis Potosí)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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dehiscence +
villous +
rounded;obtuse +
membranous +
membranous +
ascending +
Texas shrub +
peripheral +
alternating +
connate +
hypogynous +
unisexual +
equaling +
cluster +
Present +
diffuse +
arranged +
petiolate +
alternate +
superior +
surrounding +
absent +
Aliso +
1986 +
lenticular +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Illustrated +
villous-sericeous +
capitate +
2;3 +
slender +
absent +
Iresine leptoclada +
Iresine +
species +
pistillate +
white +
absent +
equaling +
simple +
dehiscing +
ovoid +
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