Steironema

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Steironema (Greek, sterile threads, referring to the staminodia). Primulaceae. Loosestrife. Erect glabrous herbs useful for borders in damp soil.

Leaves opposite, or rarely whorled, entire: fls. rather large (6-12 lines broad), yellow, axillary, solitary or clustered: peduncles slender: corolla rotate, 5-parted; lobes erose and often cuspidate, each separately involute around its stamen; stamens 5, opposite the lobes, with 5 alternating subulate staminodia; filaments distinct, or nearly so; ovary superior, 1-celled with free central placenta, becoming capsular in fr.; seeds many; style and stigma 1. Differs from Lysimachia in the presence of the sterile stamens, and in the aestivation of the corolla.—About 5 species, N. Amer. All perennials. Offered by collectors of native plants, for colonizing, borders and wild-gardens. CH


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