Frankeniaceae A. de Saint Hilaire ex Gray
瓣鳞花科
Habit: shrub, herb
Taxon group: dicots
Leaf: position: opposite
Leaf: stipules: absent
Flowers: inflorescence: solitary, cyme
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual
Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic
Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 4, 5, 6, 7+
Flowers: sepal position: connate or basally connate
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 4, 5, 6, 7
Flowers: petal nature: imbricate
Stamen: number: 6
Stamen: filaments: free, connate into 1 tube or bundle
Pistil: style: style 1, or styles more or less connate
Pistil: carpel: 3, 4, 5, 6+
Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed
Pistil: pistil: ovules parietal placentation
Ovary: position: superior
Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.)
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