ROOT-STOCK BLOODLEAF
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Iresine rhizomatosa Small
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| Cowley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1-5 feet |
| Family: Amaranthaceae - Amaranth Family |
| Flowering Period: August, September,October |
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| Also Called: | | Juda's bush. | | Stems: | | Erect, simple or branched above, glabrous or villous. | | Leaves: | | Cauline, opposite, petiolate; blade lanceolate to ovate or nearly round, 2.4 to 4.7 inches long, .8 to 2.8 inches wide, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to attenuate, without spine-like bristle at tip, surfaces sparsely pubescent. | | Inflorescences: | | Terminal and axillary panicles, pyramidal, 2.8 to 12 inches; bracts 3, membranous, without spine-like bristle at tip. | | Flowers: | | Unisexual; tepals 5, connate basally, white, ovate, 1/25 to 1/20 inch, lanate, apex acute to acuminate; petals 0; stamens 5, connate basally; style 1; stigmas 2-3. | | Fruits: | | Utricles, ovoid, 1/20 to 1/16 inch; seeds reddish brown, nearly round, biconvex. | | Habitat: | | Floodplain forests, moist depressions along rivers and streams | | Distribution: | | Southeast quarter of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | Dioecious herb from rhizomes.
Iresine, wreath or staff entwined with strips of wool, alluding to the hairs of the flowers and rhizomatosa, with rhizomes. |
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