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Allionia incarnata

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Name

Identification
Allionia mendocina Phil. [family NYCTAGINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Allionia incarnata L. [family NYCTAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Allionia incarnata
  • Wedelia incarnata
  • Allionia mendocina
  • Allionia jarae
  • Allionia bandurriae
  • Allionia malacoides
Common name
  • pink windmills, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • hierba de la hormiga, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • umbrella-wort, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • pink three-flower, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • trailing allionia, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • Allionia, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • trailing windmills, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • garapatilla, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • Trailing four-o’clock, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • trailing four-o’clock, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Allionia incarnata Linnaeus [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Allionia incarnata Linnaeus [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Syst. Nat. ed., 10, 2: 890. 1759
Wedelia incarnata (Linnaeus) Kuntze [family ]
Wedeliella incarnta (Linnaeus) Cockerell [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Richard W. Spellenberg
Information
Herbs, perennial, sometimes annual, sparingly glandular puberulent to spreading viscid-villous. Stems often reddish, 0.1–1.5 m. Leaves progressively reduced distally; distal leaves proportionately narrower than proximal; larger leaves: petiole 2–25 mm, equaling or shorter than blade; blade usually flat, sometimes undulate, 20–65 × 10–35 mm, base often oblique, obtuse, or round, margins entire or sinuate, apex acute, sometimes obtuse or round. Inflorescences: peduncle 3–25(–30) mm, involucres ovoid when mature, 4–6.5(–9) mm. Perianth deep pink to magenta, 5–15 mm. Fruits deeply convex, 2.9–4.7 × 1.5–2.8 mm; lateral ribs with 0–4 teeth, teeth usually broadly (rarely narrowly) triangular, never gland tipped, or edge of fruit wings entire or with only irregular undulations and incisions, concave side of fruit with 4–7 glands per row (glands rarely continuous or 2 rows glandless); stalks equaling or shorter than diameter of glandular head.
Distribution
North AmericaMexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth America.
Discussion
Allionia incarnata was used by indigenous peoples to treat swellings, was added to baths to reduce fever, and also prepared as a decoction to treat diarrhea and kidney ailments (S. Cheatham et al. 1995, vol. 1). Occasionally fruits of A. incarnata are shallowly convex and resemble, in this respect, the fruits of A. choisyi.

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