Description
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Herbs perennial, monoecious. Stems erect, branched, pubescent. Leaves alternate; stipules subulate or linear, 2.5-3.5 × 0.3-0.6 mm; petiole 0.5-1 mm; leaf blade papery, obliquely oblong or narrowly elliptic, 2-5 × 0.8-1.8 cm, venation pinnate, major lateral veins ill-defined, broader outer half cuneate, margin denticulate, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate; cystoliths conspicuous, dense; nanophyll absent. Staminate inflorescences 3-8 mm in diam., peduncle 0.7-1.2 cm; staminate flowers: tepals 5, elliptic; stamens 5; rudimentary pistil small. Pistillate inflorescences ca. 2.5 mm in diam., sessile; pistillate flowers: tepals 5. Achenes ellipsoidal, smooth. Fl. Nov.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Habitat
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* Limestone valleys, rocks in forests; ca. 1400 m.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
