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(Last Modified On 3/20/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/20/2013)
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Species
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Chamaesyce ammannioides (H.B.K.) Small
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fl. SE. U.S. 709, 1903.
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Synonym
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Euphorbia ammannioides H.B.K., Nov. Gen. Sp. P1. 2: 55, 1817.
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Description
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Herb, annual or perennating, prostrate or decumbent forming loose mats to 6 dm diam. Stems 1-2 mm thick, not rooting at nodes, glaucous, often suffused red. Leaves often slightly fleshy; stipules distinct, deeply laciniate into 3-6 linear segments; blades oblong-elliptic, 6-12 X 2.5-6 mm, glaucous often suffused red, the base obtuse, the margin entire, the apex obtuse to mucronate. Cyathia solitary, terminal on branches of lateral shoots near tips of main stems, glabrous; glands subcircular, somewhat stipitate, the appendages usually obsolete. Capsule glabrous, broadly ovoid, 1.8-2.1 X 2-2.4 mm; seed ovoid, to 1.8 mm long, 1.3 mm diam at equator, obscurely 3-angled from apex for ca l/2 length, terete at base, smooth, white.
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Habit
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Herb
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Distribution
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Coastal sands of Florida, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala and northern South America. Represented from Panama by only two collections.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Chagres, Fendler 276 (F, K, MO), 277 pro parte (W-probably num- bered in error). VERAGUAS: mouth of Rio Concepcion, Lewis et al. 2786 (MO).
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