Stillingia_linearifolia

<i>Stillingia linearifolia</i>

Stillingia linearifolia

Species of flowering plant

Stillingia linearifolia is a species of flowering plant in the euphorb family known as queen's-root.[1]

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It is native to the Southwestern United States, Southern California, and Northwestern Mexico, where it occurs in several types of dry and disturbed habitat in deserts, mountains, foothills, and chaparral.[2][3]

Description

Stillingia linearifolia is a perennial herb producing a clump of slender, branching, erect stems approaching 70 centimeters in height. The alternately arranged leaves are linear and narrow, reaching 4 centimeters in length but less than 2 millimeters in width.

The inflorescence is an erect spike of flowers a few centimeters long. The plant is monoecious, and each spike has several male flowers at the tip and a few fruit-bearing female flowers below these. Neither type of flower has petals. The ovary of the female flower develops into a three-lobed greenish capsule 3 to 4 millimeters wide.

There is a tiny black seed in each of the three chambers of the fruit.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stillingia linearifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. [2]
    USDA
  3. [3]
    Jepson
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