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Erect or decumbent herbs or subshrubs, more or less branched. Leaves simple, alternate or fasciculate, entire or variously dissected. Inflorescence a terminal, spike-like raceme; flowers numerous. Calyx 4–7-partite, Petals 4–7, free, unequal, simple or clawed. Ovary sessile or stipitate, unilocular. Fruit a closed or open capsule. Seeds many, rotund or reniform. Worldwide: 60 species, occurring in Europe, the Mediterranean area to Central Asia. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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odorata L. | Description |
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