Froelichia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Froelichia (J. A. Froelich, physician of Ellwangen, Germany, monographed Gentiana in 1796; died 1841). Amarantaceae. About a dozen species of woolly or hairy American annuals, found chiefly in W. Indies, Mex. and Brazil, scarcely planted: lvs. opposite, entire or nearly so: spikes opposite, terminal; fls. perfect, 3- bracted; calyx tubular, 5-cleft, hardened and spiny- crested in fr.; stamens 5, with united filaments: fr. an indehiscent utricle, inclosed in the filament-tube. F. floridana, Moq., has been advertised for sale in Amer. It is cult, abroad. Height 1—4 ft., leafless above: lvs. linear to oblong or lanceolate: spikes 2 in. long or more; fls. white and woolly, set off by small blackish bracts: fr. broadly winged and irregularly toothed. July-Sept. B.M. 2603 (as Oplotheca floridana). Dry sandy areas, Del. to Fla., and west. F. campestris, Small, is by some authors considered not to be distinct. L. H. B. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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