Iresine rhizomatosa

Standley

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 28: 172. 1915.

Common names: Juda’s bush
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 456. Mentioned on page 454, 455.

Herbs, perennial, 3–10 dm, stoloniferous. Stems erect, largely simple proximal to inflorescences, villous or glabrous. Leaves opposite; blade ovate to elliptic, 6–15 × 2–7 cm, apex acute to long acuminate, sparsely pubescent. Inflorescences: panicles 7–30 cm; bracts and bracteoles of staminate and pistillate flowers shorter than tepals. Flowers: tepals white, ovate, 1–1.3 mm, hyaline, apex acute to acuminate, densely lanate. Utricles exerted from tepals, greenish white, ovoid, 1.1–1.5 mm, apex rounded. Seeds 0.5–0.8 mm.


Phenology: Flowering fall.
Habitat: Sandy alluvial soils of low woods, depressions, sand dunes, along rivers, sandy bluffs
Elevation: 0-200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Iresine rhizomatosa has occasionally been called I. celsioides Linnaeus, a misapplication of that name.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Juda’s bush +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0-200 m +
Sandy alluvial soils of low woods, depressions, sand dunes, along rivers, sandy bluffs +
Flowering fall. +
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Iresine rhizomatosa +
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