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Dicraurus leptocladus

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Name

Identification
Dicraurus leptocladus Hook.f. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Dicraurus leptocladus
  • Iresine diffusa
Common name
  • Texas shrub, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Iresine leptoclada (Bentham & Hooker f.) Henrickson & S. D. Sundberg [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Iresine leptoclada (Bentham & Hooker f.) Henrickson & S. D. Sundberg [family AMARANTHACEAE], Aliso, 11: 360. 1986
Dicraurus leptocladus Bentham & Hooker f. [family AMARANTHACEAE], Gen. Pl., 3: 43. 1880
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Information
Shrubs, 2–10 dm. Stems with branches ascending, densely villous-sericeous. Leaves alter-nate; blade ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate oblong, 7–25 × 3–9 cm, densely villous abaxially, glabrate. Inflo-rescences: panicles 2–15 cm; bracts and bractlets of staminate flowers less than 1/2 as long as tepals; bracts and bracteoles of pistillate flowers nearly equaling tepals. Flowers: tepals white, elliptic to oblong, staminate flowers 2–2.5 mm, pistillate flowers 1.5–1.9 mm, apex obtuse, densely villous. Utricles included in tepals, ovoid, apex rounded. Seeds 1 mm.
Phenology
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
1100–1700 m;
Distribution
Mexico (Chihuahua).Mexico (Coahuila).Mexico (Durango).Mexico (San Luis Potosí).USA Tex.

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