Bassia hyssopifolia
fivehook bassia, hyssop bassia
erect; much branched or simple, ribbed or angular.
cauline;
blades linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 1–4 cm, bases attenuate;
midveins prominent;
tips acute.
axillary clusters of spike-like panicles or solitary flowers in leaf axils; bisexual and pistillate flowers often intermixed.
perianth segments puberulent; each segment with a stout, hooked adaxial spine;
spine 1–2 mm.
flattened dorsiventrally; plano-convex, 1–2.5 mm in diameter.
ovoid, 1–1.5 mm wide.
=18.
Bassia hyssopifolia
Disturbed areas, roadsides, meadows, salt marshes, dunes. Flowering May–Nov. 50–1500 m. BR, BW, Col, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; western North America, scattered in eastern US; Asia, Europe. Exotic.
The small hooks on the perianth of B. hyssopifolia attach to clothing and animal hair, functioning as an aid to dispersal.
Bridget Chipman
- Local floras:
BC, 
CA, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
Flora NW, 
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