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Iresine palmeri
Standl.
(redirected from:
Hebanthe palmeri
S.Watson)
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Palmer's Bloodleaf
[
Hebanthe palmeri
S.Watson]
FNA
Resources
Kenneth R. Robertson & Steven E. Clemants in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Shrubs or vines,
at least 3 dm.
Stems
sometimes scandent or decumbent, woody nearly throughout, scabrous.
Leaves
opposite; blade lanceolate, narrowly ovate, or lance-oblong, 12-60 × 5-17 cm, glabrous.
Inflorescences:
pistillate plants with panicles 2.5-6 cm; bracts and bracteoles ± equaling tepals; staminate plants not seen.
Flowers:
tepals green, oval, 1-1.4 mm, herbaceous, apex obtuse, pilose.
Utricles
exserted, subglobose, 1.7 mm, apex truncate.
Seeds
1 mm.
Flowering spring. Palm woods; 0-10 m; Tex.; Mexico.
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