| Habit |
Herbs or
shrubs |
| Stem: |
often fleshy |
| Leaves: |
Simple, (lacking),
glandular (bead like) pubescent aging to scales or powder |
| Inflorescence: |
various, often
in spheric clusters |
| Flower: |
Perfect, or
unisexual monecious or dioecious; regular, hypogynous, small greenish |
| Perianth: |
Reduced |
| Calyx: |
2-5 sepals,
connate |
| Corolla: |
Ø |
| Hypanthium: |
Ø |
| Androecium: |
Stamens = to
the # of sepals and opposite them |
| Gynoecium: |
Syncarpous |
| Ovary position: |
Superior,
unilocular, one ovule |
| Stigma: |
Not distinctive |
| Style: |
Not distinctive |
| Fruit type: |
Achene or
utricle, compressed vertically or horizontally |
| Other: |
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| Representatives: |
Salt bush |
