Samolus ebracteatus Kunth

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Primulaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Samolus ebracteatus Kunth

  • Description

    Species Description - Erect, 4 dm. high or less. Leaves 4-12 cm. long, spatulate or obovate, obtuse or the upper acute; flowers white, 6-7 mm. broad, in long-stalked simple or sometimes branched racemes; pedicels ascending, very slender, 15-25 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, about one-half as long as the corolla; corollalobes shorter than the tube; staminodia none; capsule 3-4 mm. in diameter.

  • Distribution

    Moist ground, Andros, at Red Bays : Florida to Texas and New Mexico ; Cuba. Larger Water Pimpernel.

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