Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Description:
Species Description - Annual, glabrous, often much branched, 3-10 dm. high, the branches slender. Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, opposite or verticillate in 3 's or 4's, serrate or the upper ones entire, short-petioled, acute at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, the lower 2-3 cm. long, the upper smaller; pedicels filiform, as long as the upper leaves or shorter, often borne in most of the axils; sepals oblong or oblong-obovate, acute, sometimes ciliolate, about 1.5 mm. long; corolla white, 3-4 mm. wide; capsule ovoid-globose, a little longer than the sepals.
Species Description - Annual, glabrous, often much branched, 3-10 dm. high, the branches slender. Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, opposite or verticillate in 3 's or 4's, serrate or the upper ones entire, short-petioled, acute at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, the lower 2-3 cm. long, the upper smaller; pedicels filiform, as long as the upper leaves or shorter, often borne in most of the axils; sepals oblong or oblong-obovate, acute, sometimes ciliolate, about 1.5 mm. long; corolla white, 3-4 mm. wide; capsule ovoid-globose, a little longer than the sepals.
Distribution:
New Providence Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| United States of America North America| West Indies|
New Providence Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| United States of America North America| West Indies|