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Gleason, H.A. & Cronquist, A. (1963) Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada D. van Nostrand Co, Inc. Princetown New Jersey.
Shrubs or annual herbs with much-branched stems. Leaves numerous, small, hairy. Flowers minute, solitary or on short spikes from the upper axils forming terminal spikes or spike-like panicles. Sepals 5, pubescent, incurved. Fruit an achene. Seeds horizontal. Worldwide: About 20 species distributed from the western Mediterranean to east Asia. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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