Kallstroemia maxima (L.) Torr. & A.Gray
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Zygophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Branches slender, prostrate, 1.5-4.5 dm. long. Leaves short-petioled; stipules subulate; leaflets 3-5 pairs, oval or oblong, inequilateral, rounded or subcordate at the base, 8-20 mm. long; peduncles slender, 1.2-5 cm. long in fruit; flowers 2.5 cm. broad, or less; sepals linear-lanceolate, very pubescent, persistent, shorter than the petals; fruit ovoid-conic, about 6 mm. in diameter, about as long as the stout persistent style, the segments tubercled.
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Distribution
A weed in waste and cultivated soils, New Providence and Fortune Island; Georgia and Florida ; 'West Indies ; Mexico to Colombia. Greater Caltrop.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Georgia United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America| Colombia South America|