Betony noseburn

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Betony noseburn flowers

Betony noseburn fruit

Betony noseburn

Betony noseburn habit

Betony noseburn

Betony noseburn

Betony noseburn

Betony noseburn

Betony noseburn fruit

Betony nose burn leaves

Betony noseburn flowering

Morphology

Stem

Decumbent to ascending or erect; sap watery.

Leaves

Cauline, alternate, simple; stipules present; petiole .2 to 1 inch; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, .3 to 2.4 inches long, .28 to 1.2 inch wide, base cordate to truncate, margins serrate, tip acute.

Inflorescence

Racemes, axillary or terminal, .4 to 2.4 inches; staminate and pistillate flowers on same plant, pistillate flowers proximal and staminate flowers distal; staminate flowers 15-80 per raceme, pistillate flowers 1-2 per raceme; staminate bracts lanceolate, 1/25 to 1/12 inch; pistillate bracts 1/16 to 1/12 inch.

Flower

Staminate flowers greenish: pedicel short; sepals 3-4, 1/20 to 1/10 inch; petals 0; stamens 3(-4). Pistillate flowers greenish: sepals 6, connate basally, lanceolate, 1/13 to 1/5 inch, longer than gynoecium (collective term for the pistil(s) of a flower); petals 0; styles 3, connate proximally more than 1/2 their lengths, simple.

Fruit

Capsules 3-lobed, not enveloped by persistent bracts, 1/6 to 1/5 inch long, 1/4 to 2/5 inch wide; seeds dark brown with light brown streaks, globose to ovoid, 1/8 to 1/6 inch.

Ecology

Habitat

Rocky to gravelly or sandy tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies, glades, clearings in oak-hickory woodlands, occasionally rocky old fields.

Distribution

East 3/5 of Kansas

Additional Notes