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Electronic Flora of South Australia genus Fact Sheet

Family: Portulacaceae
Claytonia

Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 204 (1753).

Derivation: After J. Clayton, 1686-1773, English doctor and botanist.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herbs with fibrous roots; flowering stems erect, arising from a basal rosette of leaves, leafless except for 2 opposite leaves below the inflorescence; basal leaves lanceolate to spathulate or rhomboid, on long petioles.

Inflorescence cymose; sepals persistent; petals 5, free or very shortly united at the base; stamens 5; ovary superior, ovoid, ovules 3; stigmas 3, on a style longer than the stigmatic arms.

Capsule 3-valved; seeds 3.

Distribution:  A predominantly North American genus of about 30 species.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available


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