Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae
Description:
Species Description - Perennial by a woody root; stems erect, rather stout, 1 m. high or less, glabrous, simple or much branched, the nodes often swollen. Leaves linearoblong to lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-10 cm. long, 0.4-2.5 cm. wide, mostly obtuse or rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base, glabrous, the petioles 1 cm. long or less; panicles narrow, dense, 1-3 dm. long, glabrous; spike. 0.3-4 cm. long; bracts ovate-orbicular, about one-half as long as the sepals; sepals about 1 mm. long, those of pistillate flowers copiously woolly at the base; utricle shorter than the sepals; seed red-brown, shining, 0.5 mm. long.
Species Description - Perennial by a woody root; stems erect, rather stout, 1 m. high or less, glabrous, simple or much branched, the nodes often swollen. Leaves linearoblong to lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-10 cm. long, 0.4-2.5 cm. wide, mostly obtuse or rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base, glabrous, the petioles 1 cm. long or less; panicles narrow, dense, 1-3 dm. long, glabrous; spike. 0.3-4 cm. long; bracts ovate-orbicular, about one-half as long as the sepals; sepals about 1 mm. long, those of pistillate flowers copiously woolly at the base; utricle shorter than the sepals; seed red-brown, shining, 0.5 mm. long.
Distribution:
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Colombia South America|
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Colombia South America|