Dondia fruticosa (L.) Druce

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Amaranthaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Dondia fruticosa (L.) Druce

  • Description

    Species Description - Perennial, woody, glabrous or nearly so, somewhat glaucous, much branched, 8 dm. high or less, the branches leafy, ascending. Leaves subterete, 1-1.5 cm. long, the upper little shorter than the lower; calyx-lobes rounded on the back, inflexed; seed red-brown or black, 1 mm. broad.

  • Distribution

    Margins of salt pans, South Caicos Island : Western United States ; Cuba ; Virgin Gorda ; alkaline regions of Europe, Asia and Africa. Bushy Sea-Blite. The plant is much out of its general range on South Caicos ; our specimen was referred to D. fruticosa by Standley (N. A. Fl. 21: 91).

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