Nestronia umbellula Raf.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Santalaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Dioecious; staminate fls with flat, spreading hypanthium, 4–5-lobed cal, and conspicuous, flat, 4–5-lobed nectary disk bearing the stamens in its sinuses, the filaments curved-ascending; pistillate hypanthium slenderly obconic, bearing 4 foliaceous bracts at its summit, the 4 tep erect; fr an ellipsoid yellowish-green drupe; shrubs with puberulent twigs and foliage, opposite lvs, and small greenish fls, the staminate in small terminal umbels, the pistillate solitary and terminal. 4, the others in China and Japan.