Gillenia Moench (Q4493)

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Gillenia is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Gillenieae
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Gillenia Moench
Gillenia is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Gillenieae

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    Gillenia Moench
    Gillenia
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Indian physic (English)
    Indian physic (English)
    North America
    Herbs, perennial, 4–10 dm, glabrous or hairy, hairs simple and glandular;
    rhizomatous, rhizomes horizontal, woody.
    Stems 1–5, proximal to inflorescences, erect to ascending, usually red when young, usually simple.
    Leaves persistent, basal and cauline, ternate;
    stipules depressed-ovate or linear, margins serrate, doubly serrate, shallowly laciniate, incised, lobed, or dissected;
    petiole present or absent;
    blade trullate to widely trullate, 3–9 cm, herbaceous, leaflets 3, lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 4–8 cm, margins flat, incised, doubly serrate, teeth gland-tipped, variably glandular and hairy.
    Inflorescences terminal, 3 (–9) -flowered, loose, leafy panicles;
    bracteoles absent.
    Pedicels present, 1–7 on each branch.
    Flowers 10–20 mm diam.;
    hypanthium often red or purple, 4.5–8 mm, glabrous;
    sepals 5, erect, triangular-ovate;
    petals 5, white to pale rose, linear-lanceolate, unequal;
    stamens 20 (in 3 whorls), shorter than petals;
    styles filiform, glabrous, stigmas capitate.
    Fruits aggregated follicles, 5 (1–5 maturing), broadly ovoid to broadly elliptic-ovoid, slightly flattened, 4.5–8 mm, strigose to villous-strigose, glabrous, or glabrate, partially dehiscent abaxially and partially adaxially;
    hypanthium persistent;
    sepals persistent, erect to loose spreading at apices.