Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Caryophyllaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult.

  • Description

    Species Description - Annual, glabrous or puberulent above; stems very slender, diffuse, 1-4 dm. long. Leaves orbicular or broader than long, 6-20 mm. wide, membranous, palmately veined, obtuse or cuspidulate at the apex, subcordate at the base, short-petioled; peduncles filiform, usually much longer than the leaves, often forked; cymes few-several-flowered; pedicels as long as the bractlets or shorter; sepals 1.5-3 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute; petals 2-cleft; stamens 2 or 3; capsule about as long as the sepals.

  • Distribution

    Waste grounds. New Providence : Florida ; West Indies and continental tropical America. Dry mama.

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