Unknown #47
Unknown # 47

View of leaves and inflorescence (flower cluster)

Close-up view of individual flowers.

Key Traits Necessary To Identify This Species:

fl = flower   fr = fruit   pl = plant   lf = leaf   gen = generally   see JM p. 27

  1. 5 petals fused into a tubular corolla.
  2. Ovary superior (hypogynous), above the attachment of petals & sepals.
  3. 5 stamens with 5 long filaments fused to inner corolla tube.
  4. Plant green and photosynthetic (not a parasitic plant).
  5. Ovary (pistil or gynoecium) 1.
  6. Ovary not lobed; fruit a many-seeded capsule.
  7. Filaments of stamens separate (not united into a tube).
  8. Sepals 5, fused into a 5-lobed calyx.
  9. Perianth parts (petals & sepals) in fives.
  10. Stigma 1.
  11. True corolla present.
  12. Stamens alternate with corolla lobes.
  13. Stamen filaments fused to inner corolla tube.
  14. Inflorescence not coiled as in Boraginaceae & Hydrophyllaceae.
  15. Calyx lobes without marginal membrane.
  16. Leaves simple (not divided into leaflets).
  17. Leaves alternate and entire.
  18. Ovary chamber 2 or more.
  19. Style 1, unbranched.
  20. Stamens glabrous.
  21. Fruit a many-seeded capsule.
  22. Flowers in a terminal raceme or panicle.
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