Ammannia

• Authority

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

• Family

  Lythraceae

• Scientific Name

  Ammannia

• Description

  Description - Annual glabrous or glabrate herbs, mostly with 4-angled stems, opposite sessile narrow leaves, and small axillary flowers. Calyx campanulate, globose or ovoid, 4-angled, 4-toothed, often with small accessory teeth in the sinuses. Petals 4, deciduous or none. Stamens 4-8, inserted on the calyx-tube. Ovary nearly globular, 2-4-celled. Capsule bursting irregularly. [Named for Johann Ammann, 1699-1741, a German botanist.] About 20 species, of wide distribution. Type species: Amviannia latifolia L.