Petiveria alliacea L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Petiveriaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stem puberulent, at least above, or glabrate, erect, branched, 2-10 dm. high, the branches slender, long, nearly erect or ascending. Leaves elliptic, oblong or obovate, sparingly pubescent or glabrous, 3-12 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, short-petioled; spikes very slender, 1-4 dm. long, puberulent; flowers greenish, short-pedicelled; sepals narrowly linear, about 4 mm. long; aehene linear-cuneate, about 6 mm. long, appressed to the axis of the fpike, the terminal, reflexed bristles about 2 mm. long.
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Distribution
Waste and cultivated grounds. New Providence at Nassau : Florida : West Indies ; continental tropical America north to Mexico. Gaelic-weed. Obeah-bush.
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