Achyronychia cooperiTorrey & A. Gray [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Torrey & A. Gray, 1868
Related name
Achyronychia cooperi
Flora
Entry for Achyronychia cooperi Torrey & A. Gray [family ILLECEBRACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 5,
Names
Achyronychia cooperiTorrey & A. Gray [family ILLECEBRACEAE], Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, 7: 331. 1868
Treatment Author(s)
Ronald L. Hartman
Information
Stems 3–17 cm, mostly glabrous. Leaves pairs unequal; stipules 0.1–0.4 mm; blade 3–20 mm. Inflores-cences 20–60+-flowered. Flow-ers: perianth 2.5–3 mm; hypanth-ium green, becoming brown and hard, 10-ribbed distally; sepals erect to spreading, concave, cen-tral portion green, fleshy, white, scarious portion forming an ovate to orbiculate apex, 1–1.3+ mm wide, becoming deciduous with age; staminodes ca. 0.5 mm. Seeds 0.9–1.1 mm.
