CA, Southern California, 20060823
Madison Heights, sandmat.
Chamaesyce serpens []
Along sidewalk in front of Holly's.
| | GEN | | prostrate, ann? (no sign of it last fall) |
| | LF | | opp, oblique, glab, 6x5+0.5mm, ov, rounded, nearly cord |
| | STIP | | joined in broad scale top and bot, ~0.5x1mm, sl erose-cil, two knobs on underside just bel a few nodes (esp ones farther from ends of stems) |
| | INFL | | 1 (or few) per axil, peduncle 2mm| invol | | obconic, glab, < 1mm |
| gland apps | | white, wider than glands, scalloped |
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| | FR | | glab, round, weakly but crisply lobed, 1-1.5mm |
| | SEED | | 0.8-1.0mm, oblong, brownish-greenish, smooth |
I'm guessing those knobs are budding roots
this species is supposed to root at the nodes.
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