FL, Keys, 20061211
Buttonwood, few flowers.
Gravel in front of I-9.
Phyllanthus amarus []
In prime bloom and fruit (not quite ripe yet).
| | GEN | | ann?, v low delicate plant |
| | LF | | alt, thin, ellip, min, faintly glauc bel |
| | STIP | | scale-like, white, scar, lance, v faintly auriculate |
| | INFL | | few in axils, v short pedicels, monoec, male and female flowers mized |
| | SEP | | 5, mostly free, lance, min, greenish scar |
| | FR | | 3/6 lines but perfectly round, glab, green, 6 seeds |
| | SEED | | whitish, wedge, distinctly but shallowly long ribbed |
Chamaesyce prostrata []
In full bloom, some ripe fruits.
| | GEN | | ann?, delicate small matted plant |
| | ST | | distinctly pubesc ab, 5-8 rays radiating from rootstock, pinkish, somewhat angled |
| | LF | | min, ellip, entire, glab to sl glauc bel, rounded, 5x4+1mm |
| | STIP | | < 0.5mm, greenish, min, fused? |
| | INFL | | few in most axils| gland | | v min, rounded to sl oblong-wide, greenish |
no apps |
| | OV | | distinctly pubesc on angles, 3 distinct sl rounded angles, ~1mm or less |
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