2452.000 Drymaria Willd. ex Schult.

Description of the genus

Annual herbs. Stipules (in ours) deeply fringed. Leaves opposite. Flowers solitary in leaf axils or in loose cymes at ends of branches, Sepals (4-)5. Petals (4-)5, deeply 2-fid, the lobes themselves sometimes lobed. Stamens 5 or fewer. Styles united below, with 3 arms. Capsule 3-valved.

Worldwide: 48 spp., 46 from W USA to Patagonia, one on the Galapagos and one pantropical (D. cordata).

Drymaria cordata var. cordata

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cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. var. cordata C,EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Drymaria:

Flora of Mozambique: Drymaria
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Drymaria
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Drymaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Drymaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Drymaria
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Drymaria

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Drymaria.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=570, retrieved 20 May 2013

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