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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York
Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, petiolate. Inflorescence of small spikes aggregated into panicles. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, white or straw-coloured, very small. Perianth 5-partite; usually woolly in fertile flowers. Stamens 5, united at the base. Fruit a 1-seeded indehiscent utricle. Worldwide: 80 species in tropical and temperate regions but especially America and Australia. Malawi: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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