Mallotonia gnaphalodes (L.) Britton
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Boraginaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A somewhat fleshy shrub, 3-12 dm. tall, with silky-tomentose foliage, much branched and often forming large clumps, the twigs densely leafy. Leaves numerous, linear-spatulate, 4-10 cm. long, obtuse; cymes with 24 recurved branches; calyx campanulate, its lobes 2-3 mm. long, oblong; corolla surpassing the calyx; fruit ovoid, 5 mm. high, black, with 2 nutlets.
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Distribution
Coastal rocks and sands, throughout the archipelago from Abaco and Great Bahama to Caicos and Turk's Islands, Inagua, the Anguilla Isles, Cay Sal and Water Cay : Bermuda ; Florida ; West Indies ; coast of tropical Mexico. Bay Lavender.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Anguilla South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|