Soleirolia soleirolii
Feddes Repert. 70: 4. 1965.
Common names: Baby's-tears
IllustratedIntroduced
Basionym: Helxine soleirolii Requien Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 384. 1825
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Herbs, 0.2-2.5dm, sparsely to densely pubescent with falcate and straight hairs. Stems rooting at nodes. Leaf-blades 3-8 × 2-4mm, base prominently oblique. Achenes light-brown, shiny, symmetric, 0.8-0.9 × 0.6mm, hard.
Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring.
Habitat: Weed in lawns and gardens, waste places, shaded banks, sidewalks
Elevation: 0-100m
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Mexico (Baja California), Europe
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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sessile +
symmetric +
light-brown +
shiny +
ovoid +
hard +
0.6 +
dehiscing +
basifixed +
acute +
oblique +
winged +
connivent +
Baby's-tears +
arranged +
elongate +
staminate +
unisexual +
hooked +
straight +
lacking +
falcate +
stinging +
Present +
1-flowered +
axillary +
spikelike +
true +
dotted +
equal +
2mm;4mm +
simple +
alternate +
persistent +
hypogynous +
accrescent +
scarious +
absent +
obovate +
pistillate +
Feddes Repert. +
1965 +
longitudinal +
absent +
rooting +
filiform +
sessile +
deciduous +
filiform +
absent +
absent +
pistillate +
developing +
Soleirolia soleirolii +
Soleirolia +
species +
hypogynous +
equal +
perennial +
pubescent +
small +