Flora of North America species comparison

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Iresine heterophylla

Standley's bloodleaf
Habit Herbs, perennial, 5–10 dm.
Stems

erect to ascending or sprawling, sparsely pubescent.
Leaves

opposite;

blade ovate, 3–6 × 2–4 cm, apex rounded to acute, pubescent.
Inflorescences

panicles 1.5–4 dm;

bracts and bracteoles 1/2–1/3 as long as tepals.
Flowers

pedicellate;

tepals whitish to stramineous, ovate, 1–1.3 mm, apex acute, densely lanate.
Seeds

0.6 mm.
Utricles

included in tepals, greenish, ovoid, 0.8 mm, apex acute.

Iresine heterophylla
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Sheltered ravines, canyons, pastures
Elevation 1400-2000 m (4600-6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sonora)
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 456.
Parent taxa Amaranthaceae > Iresine
Sibling taxa
I. diffusa, I. leptoclada, I. palmeri, I. rhizomatosa
Name authority Standley: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 95. (1916)
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