Lithophila muscoides Sw.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Amaranthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Root woody, often deep; stems few or several, prostrate or ascending, villous, branched, 01.-2 dm. long. Basal leaves several or many, tufted, filiform to oblong-spatulate, 1.5-5 cm. long, 0.3-5 mm. wide, obtuse, villous near the base; cauline leaves few, similar but smaller, glabrous; spikes 3-15 mm. long, about 5 mm. thick, solitary or clustered, terminal or axillary, sessile or nearly so; bracts white, membranous, ovate, acute or acuminate, about one-half as long as the sepals; bractlets similar, nearly as long as the sepals; sepals oblong, 1-2.5 mm. long, the outer obtuse, villous at the base, the inner acute; seed nearly orbicular, brown, shining, 0.5 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
In trodden sands of roadside paths, and in rocky and sandy soil, throughout tho archipelago from Great Bahama to Grand Turk and Ambergris Cay : Cuba to St. Croix, Anegada and Martinique; Bonaire; Curacao. Moss-like Lithophila.
Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Belize Central America| Cuba South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Anegada Virgin Islands South America| Martinique South America| Bonaire South America| Curaçao South America|