FL, Keys, 20061229
Buttonwood, flowers.
Just pix of a few random things around Buttonwood.
Ipomoea alba []
Between N and O bldgs.
Oldenlandia corymbosa []
In crack in sidewalk at clubhouse leading to dock.
| | LF | | opp, stips joined into semi-sheath around stem, narr lin-ellip, acute, glab, 15x2+1mm |
| | INFL | | sp cymes in axils, pedicels 3-5mm |
| | SEP | | joined at base, 4, 1x1mm, delt |
| | PET | | white, join at base, ~1mm long, fading bluish, fringe of clear trich around mouth inside |
| | STAM | | 4, alt petals, att around hyp, v short, hidden inside fringe of hairs |
| | OV | | 1, inf, 2 chamb, many ovules |
| | STYLE | | 1, v short, hidden, split at tip into 2 forks |
| | FR | | ~2mm globose, glab, v sl 2-lobed and lat comp |
| | SEED | | many per chamb, min, min pap, weakly trigonous |
It keys unquestionably to
Rubiaceae. Inside that family it keys unquestionably to either
Oldenlandia or
Stenaria, thence to
O. corymbosa/
O. salzmannii and
S. nigricans floridana. The latter is not supposed to have trigonous seeds, but the former doesn't belong here.
Chamaesyce blodgettii []
Euphorbia graminea []
Indigofera spicata []
Passiflora multiflora []
Passiflora suberosa []
Tradescantia spathacea []
Tradescantia zebrina []
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