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Pakistan | Family List | Lythraceae | Ammannia

Ammannia verticillata (Ard.) Lam., Encycl. Meth. Bot. 1:131. 1783. Boiss., l.c. 743; Post, l.c. 320; Parsa, l.c. 623; D.A. Webb, l.c. 320; Pol. & Rech. f., l.c. 8; Chamberlain, l.c. 180.

  • Ammannia caspica M. Bieb.
  • Ammannia salicifolia Monti
  • Cornelia verticillata Ard.

    Plant 24-30 cm tall, ± suffruticose. Leaves ± scabrid, elliptic, lanceolate or linear, base attenuate, upper leaves usually rounded at the base, 6-77 mm long, 1-13 mm broad. Cymes lax, sessile or subsessile. Pedicel 0.5-3 mm. Hypanthium ± quadrangular. Epicalyx folds up to half as long as calyx or obscure. Sepals ± scabrid, very acute. Petals absent. Style c. 0-0.25 mm. Capsule included within the hypanthium, 0.5(-1) mm in diameter.

    Fl. Per.: July-Oct.

    Type: Described from Italy.

    Distribution: South-West Asia, South-East Russia.

    In moist places. Apparently restricted to Sind. Not common.


     

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