Awlwort
Subularia
Genus of herbs
Subularia is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. Subularia species are annual herbs that grow in moist or even flooded soils. There are only two species of the genus: Subularia aquatica, which is widespread in North America and Europe; and Subularia monticola, from Africa mountains.[4] Awlwort is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]
Quick Facts Subularia, Scientific classification ...
| Subularia | |
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| Illustration of Subularia aquatica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Subularia L. (1753) |
| Type species | |
| Subularia aquatica[1] L. | |
| Species | |
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Subularia aquatica L.[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Consana Adanson | |
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- Stems and leaves
- Hairless, with fleshy leaves all growing from the base of the stem, arranged in little roselike clusters. Individual leaves are fleshy, very narrow and with an evenly continuous edge.
- Flowers
- Few flowered in elongated clusters of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first. Sepals ascending to erect, white petals, spatulate to oblong, not clearly clawed and sometimes lacking.
- Fruits
- Narrow elongated seed capsule which is peculiar to the family Brassicaceae.[4]
- "Subularia". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- "Subularia L." African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-05-08.[permanent dead link]
- Tropicos. "Subularia texana B.L. Rob". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- K. Kubitzki; K.U. Kramer; P.S. Green; J. G. Rohwer; V. Bittrich; H. Huber; J. W. Kadereit; C. Jeffrey (2002-09-12). "Cruciferae". The families and genera of vascular plants. Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 3-540-42873-9. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Subularia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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- Porter, Noah, ed. (1913). Webster's Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: C. & G. Merriam Co.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "LINN 822.2 Subularia sp. (Herb Linn)". The Linnean Collections. Linnean Society of London. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- Linné, Carl von (1753). "Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas..." Missouri Botanical Garden - Tropicos. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- "Subularia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2006-03-31). "Genus: Subularia L." Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Subularia". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
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