Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Decodon verticillatus Didiplis diandra Heimia salicifolia

Shrubs or subshrubs, terrestrial, 5–30 dm, glabrous throughout. Stems erect, sparsely branched. Leaves opposite to subopposite; sessile or subsessile [petiolate]; blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, base narrowly attenuate. Inflorescences indeterminate, axillary, leafy racemes. Flowers sessile or subsessile, actinomorphic, monostylous; floral-tube perigynous, campanulate to turbinate; epicalyx segments equal to or longer than sepals; sepals (5 or) 6, 1/3–1/2 floral-tube length; petals caducous, (5 or) 6, bright-yellow; nectary absent; stamens (10 or) 12 (–24); ovary (3 or) 4 (–6) -locular; placenta globose; style slender; stigma capitate. Fruits capsules, walls thin and dry, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds 200+, subpyramidal and elongate; cotyledons ± complanate.

Distribution

Texas, Mexico, South America, in West Indies, Central America

Discussion

Species 1–3 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Heimia salicifolia

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.