Polycarpaea spicata

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Polycarpaea spicata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Polycarpaea
Species:
P. spicata
Binomial name
Polycarpaea spicata
Wight ex Arn.

Polycarpaea spicata is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Distribution; North West of India, Arabia, Egypt, N. Australia.

Annual herb, with woody tap root. Stems 5–10 cm, erect to ascending, slender, many, arising from the base, purplish-brown, glabrous. Leaves 5-15 x 3-5 somewhat thick, obovate to spathulate, basal leaves forming a rosette, cauline apparently whorled at the nodes, at the point of branching. Stipules lanceolate, lacerate, acuminate. Flowers sessile in dense, terminal spikes with long peduncles. Sepals 2.5–3 mm, lanceolate, with a brown midrib at the back. Petals small, oblong. Capsule included, about ½ the length of the sepals. Seeds small, subtrigonous, shining. Shining.

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References

  1. Miller, A. (2004). "Polycarpaea spicata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T44827A10951866. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44827A10951866.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.