View source for Scoparia ← Scoparia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Scoparia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 116. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Goat-weed;sweet-broom |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Scoparia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Scoparia]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin scopa, broom, and -aria, resemblance, alluding to appearance and use |volume=Volume 17 |mention_page=page 12, 14, 270 |treatment_page=page 276 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs </b>[subshrubs], annual or perennial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>decumbent, spreading, ascending, or erect, glabrous or puberulent to glandular-puberulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;distal stem arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, opposite, distal sometimes whorled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole presence;petiole quantity">petiole absent or nearly so;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade texture;blade texture;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;surface coloration or relief">blade not fleshy, not leathery, margins entire, crenate, dentate, or pinnately lobed, surfaces distinctly punctate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, flowers 1–4 per node;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract presence">bracts present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel presence;pedicel orientation"><b>Pedicels </b>present, spreading to ascending;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bracteole presence">bracteoles absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal quantity;sepal fusion;calyx architecture or shape;calyx shape;lobe shape">sepals 4 or 5, proximally connate, calyx radially symmetric, short-campanulate, lobes ovate to elliptic-ovate or lanceolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla shape;corolla shape;corolla shape;tube base shape;tube base shape;throat pubescence;lobe quantity">corolla white, sometimes tinged pink or lavender, or yellow or orangish yellow, radially symmetric, rotate or subrotate, tube base not spurred or gibbous, throat densely pilose internally, lobes 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen fusion;stamen size;stamen position;filament pubescence">stamens 4, proximally adnate to corolla, subequal, exserted, filaments glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="staminode presence">staminode 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary placentation">ovary 2-locular, placentation axile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruits capsule dehiscence;fruits capsule dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, dehiscence septicidal and secondarily loculicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>50–200, brown to dark-brown, oblong or angled, wings absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="wing presence;wing quantity">× = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;in Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Australia |discussion=<p>Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=chodat1908a |text=Chodat, R. 1908. Étude critique des genres Scoparia L. et Hasslerella Chod. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 1–16. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Corollas white, sometimes tinged pink or lavender; calyx lobes 4. |[[Scoparia dulcis|Scoparia dulcis]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Corollas yellow or orangish yellow; calyx lobes 5. |[[Scoparia montevidensis|Scoparia montevidensis]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Scoparia |author=Craig C. Freeman |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Plantaginaceae |distribution=United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;in Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Australia |reference=chodat1908a |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V17/V17_666.xml |genus=Scoparia |blade texture=not leathery;not fleshy |bract presence=absent |bracteole presence=absent |calyx architecture or shape=symmetric |calyx shape=short-campanulate |corolla coloration=orangish yellow;yellow;lavender;tinged pink;orangish yellow;yellow;lavender;tinged pink;white |corolla shape=subrotate;rotate;symmetric |distal stem arrangement=whorled |filament pubescence=glabrous |flower quantity=1;4 |flower reproduction=bisexual |fruits capsule dehiscence=loculicidal;septicidal |inflorescence position=axillary |leaf arrangement=opposite |leaf position=cauline |lobe quantity=4 |lobe shape=ovate;elliptic-ovate or lanceolate |margin shape=lobed;dentate;lobed;dentate;crenate;entire |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular |ovary placentation=axile |pedicel orientation=spreading;ascending |pedicel presence=absent |petiole presence=absent |petiole quantity=nearly |seed coloration=brown;dark-brown |seed quantity=50;200 |seed shape=angled;oblong |sepal fusion=connate |sepal quantity=5;4 |stamen fusion=adnate |stamen position=exserted |stamen quantity=4 |stamen size=subequal |staminode presence=absent |stem orientation=erect;ascending;erect;ascending;spreading;decumbent |stem pubescence=puberulent;glandular-puberulent |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |surface coloration or relief=punctate |throat pubescence=pilose |tube base shape=gibbous;not spurred |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |wing presence=absent |wing quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Plantaginaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Plantaginaceae (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) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Scoparia.