Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae
Description:
Species Description - A perennial woody herb, the branches often elongated and vine-like, glabrous, sometimes 1 m. long. Leaves ovate to oblongdanceolate, membranous, glabrous, 3-10 em. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, the petioles 1 cm. long or less; spikes slender, peduncled, severalmany-flowered, 5-12 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, persistent, about 5 mm. long; calyx about 1 cm. long, beset with long-stalked glands; corolla white, its filiform tube about 2 cm. long, its obovate mucronate spreading lobes 5-7 mm. long.
Species Description - A perennial woody herb, the branches often elongated and vine-like, glabrous, sometimes 1 m. long. Leaves ovate to oblongdanceolate, membranous, glabrous, 3-10 em. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, the petioles 1 cm. long or less; spikes slender, peduncled, severalmany-flowered, 5-12 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, persistent, about 5 mm. long; calyx about 1 cm. long, beset with long-stalked glands; corolla white, its filiform tube about 2 cm. long, its obovate mucronate spreading lobes 5-7 mm. long.
Distribution:
New Providence Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Arizona United States of America North America| West Indies|
New Providence Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Arizona United States of America North America| West Indies|