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Iresine palmeri

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Name

Identification
Hebanthe palmeri S.Watson [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Hebanthe palmeri S.Watson [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Iresine palmeri (S.Wats.) Standl. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Standley, P.C.,
Related name
  • Hebanthe palmeri
  • Iresine palmeri
Common name
  • Palmer’s bloodleaf, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Iresine palmeri (S. Watson) 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 palmeri (S. Watson) Standley [family AMARANTHACEAE], J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 5: 395. 1915
Hebanthe palmeri S. Watson [family AMARANTHACEAE], Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, 18: 144. 1883
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Information
Shrubs or vines, at least 3 dm. Stems sometimes scandent or decumbent, woody nearly throughout, scabrous. Leaves opposite; blade lanceolate, narrowly ovate, or lance-oblong, 12–60 × 5–17 cm, glabrous. Inflorescences: pistillate plants with panicles 2.5–6 cm; bracts and bracteoles ± equaling tepals; staminate plants not seen. Flowers: tepals green, oval, 1–1.4 mm, herbaceous, apex obtuse, pilose. Utricles exserted, subglobose, 1.7 mm, apex truncate. Seeds 1 mm.
Phenology
mar-may (spring)
Altitude range
0–10 m;
Distribution
Mexico.USA Tex.

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