Polanisia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Polanisia (Greek, many, unequal, referring to the stamens). Capparidaceae. Annual herbs, mostly glandular and having an unpleasant odor: lvs. pal- mately 3-5-foliate. the uppermost reduced to bracts of the racemose fls.: fls. whitish or yellowish; sepals 4, lanceolate, deciduous; petals slender or clawed; receptacle depressed, bearing a gland at the base of the ovary; stamens 8 to numerous, somewhat unequal: fr. a nearly or quite sessile pod.—About 30 species, natives of temperate and tropical regions, of little value horti- culturally. P. trachysperma, Torr. & Gray. A branched glandular-pubescent viscous annual, 1-2 ft. high: lvs. petioled, with 3 oblong lfts. : fls. yellowish white in terminal racemes, rather large: fr. a caps, more or less contracted at base, not stipitate. N. Amer. Intro, abroad.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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