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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Walters, S.M. et al. (eds) (1997) The European Garden Flora. Vol. V. Dicotyledons (Part III). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Leaves: basal usually pinnatifid with winged petioles; cauline alternate, sessile, usually with undulate margins. Inflorescence of terminal bracteate spikes. Flowers zygomorphic, opening at dusk or dawn, 4-merous. Hypanthium deciduous, obconic. Petals usually white, fading reddish, unequal, clawed. Stamens 8. Ovary 4-locular; stigma deeply 4-lobed. Fruit a short indehiscent nut-like capsule, often shortly stalked. Derivation of name: Greek word meaning superb. Worldwide: 21 species in North America. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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