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Iresine heterophylla

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Name

Identification
Iresine heterophylla Standl. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Iresine celosioides L. [family AMARANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Iresine heterophylla
  • Iresine paniculata
  • Iresine celosioides
Common name
  • Standley’s bloodleaf, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Iresine heterophylla Standley [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 heterophylla Standley [family AMARANTHACEAE], Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb., 18: 95. 1916
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Information
Herbs, perennial, 5–10 dm. Stems erect to ascending or sprawling, sparsely pubescent. Leaves opposite; blade ovate, 3–6 × 2–4 cm, apex rounded to acute, pubescent. Inflorescences: panicles 1.5–4 dm; bracts and bracteoles 1/2–1/3 as long as tepals. Flowers pedicellate; tepals whitish to stramineous, ovate, 1–1.3 mm, apex acute, densely lanate. Utricles included in tepals, greenish, ovoid, 0.8 mm, apex acute. Seeds 0.6 mm.
Phenology
jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
1400–2000 m;
Distribution
Mexico (Chihuahua).Mexico (Coahuila).Mexico (Durango).Mexico (Nuevo León).Mexico (Sonora).USA Ariz.USA N.Mex.USA Tex.

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