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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Okenia |accepted_authority=Schlechtendal & Chamisso |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Linnaea |place=5: 92. 1830 |year=1830 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Okenia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nyctaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Okenia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Lorenz Oken, 1779–1851, German naturalist |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 16 |treatment_page=page 39 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;taproot length or size;taproot size or width"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, viscid-pubescent, from long, narrow taproots.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;band coating"><b>Stems </b>trailing, unarmed, without glutinous bands on internodes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>petiolate, of unequal size in each pair;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade width;blade texture;base architecture or shape">blade thin to somewhat fleshy, base ± asymmetric.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;peduncle height or length or size;peduncle length"><b>Inflorescences </b>in axils of smaller leaf of pair, 1-flowered, peduncles short in flower, peduncles greatly elongating, pushing into ground in fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract duration;bract quantity;bract fusion;bract shape;bract width;bract coloration or reflectance">bracts deciduous, 3 at base of flower, distinct, lanceolate, thin, translucent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual, chasmogamous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="perianth architecture or shape;perianth orientation or shape;perianth size;perianth shape">perianth radially symmetric, funnelform but strongly oblique, constricted beyond ovary, gradually flared to 5-lobed limb;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen position;stamen position">stamens 5–18, included or slightly exserted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="style position">styles slightly exserted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigma architecture">stigmas peltate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit location;fruit shape;fruit architecture;fruit pubescence or texture;fruit pubescence;fruit relief;fruit relief"><b>Fruit </b>geocarpous, ± oblong, unribbed, corky, glabrate, smooth or rugose.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s North America |discussion=<p>Species 1 or 2 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Okenia |author=Richard W. Spellenberg |authority=Schlechtendal & Chamisso |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Nyctaginaceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=s North America |reference=None |publication title=Linnaea |publication year=1830 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V4/V4_72.xml |genus=Okenia |band coating=glutinous |base architecture or shape=asymmetric |blade texture=fleshy |blade width=thin |bract coloration or reflectance=translucent |bract duration=deciduous |bract fusion=distinct |bract quantity=3 |bract shape=lanceolate |bract width=thin |flower reproduction=chasmogamous;bisexual |fruit architecture=unribbed |fruit location=geocarpous |fruit pubescence=glabrate |fruit pubescence or texture=corky |fruit relief=rugose;smooth |fruit shape=oblong |inflorescence architecture=1-flowered |leaf architecture=petiolate |peduncle height or length or size=short |peduncle length=elongating |perianth architecture or shape=symmetric |perianth orientation or shape=oblique |perianth shape=gradually flared;5-lobed |perianth size=constricted |stamen position=exserted;included |stamen quantity=5;18 |stem architecture=unarmed |stem orientation=trailing |stigma architecture=peltate |style position=exserted |taproot length or size=long |taproot size or width=narrow |whole_organism duration=annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism pubescence=viscid-pubescent }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Nyctaginaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Nyctaginaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Okenia.