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Philoxerus vermicularis

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Name

Identification
Philoxerus vermicularis (L.) Sm. [family AMARANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Philoxerus vermicularis
Common name
  • konyamo sinding (GUINEA-BISSAU, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • timbindingo (DRR) (THE GAMBIA, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • konyamo = monkey grass (Fox; DF) sindiŋ (def.-o) (DRR) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dzogbe soli = Sesuvium (soli) of the field (FRI) (GHANA, VHE (Awlan)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • butim biringabu, from the way of branching (DF) enial = slippery (DF) (THE GAMBIA, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • amarante bord de mer (Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • Silverweed, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • a-bantan (Glanville) a-kσrσ (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • = fowl’s pepper (FRI) (GHANA, GBE-VHEkoklotade), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • hogho (A. Chev.) (SENEGAL MANDING-MANINKA (The Gambia) é nal (JB), SERER-NON (Nyominka)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • foranoh (JB) fuhohol (JB) (SENEGAL MANDING-MANINKA (The Gambia) é nal (JB), SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kuuŋambi (def. kuuŋamboo) (Sidia Tatta) (THE GAMBIA, MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • saltweed, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • samphire, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Blutaparon vermiculare (Linnaeus) Mears [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
Blutaparon vermiculare (Linnaeus) Mears [family AMARANTHACEAE], Taxon, 31: 113. 1982
Gomphrena vermicularis Linnaeus [family AMARANTHACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 224. 1753
Philoxerus vermicularis (Linnaeus)R Brown ex Smith [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Information
Plants perennial or occasionally annual, 3–20 dm. Stems mostly prostrate with ascending branches, much-branched, gla-brous. Leaf blades linear to linear lanceolate or oblanceolate, 15–55 × 2–12 mm. Inflorescences: heads white or pinkish (drying silvery white), globose or cylindric, 7–30 × 7–10 mm; bracteoles slightly shorter than flowers. Flowers very short-pedicellate; tepals connate basally, white, oblong, dorsiventrally compressed, thickened basally, 3–5 mm, chartaceous, apex of outer tepals obtuse, apex of inner tepals acute, spinose-tipped, densely villose. Utricles indehiscent or splitting irregularly, included in tepals, 1.3 mm. Seeds 0.8–1 mm.
Altitude range
0–10 m;
Distribution
MexicoCentral America.USA Fla.USA La.USA Tex.

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