Aphanes Linnaeus (Q3917)

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Aphanes is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Potentilleae
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Aphanes Linnaeus
Aphanes is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Potentilleae

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    taxon/id/Aphanes Linnaeus
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    Aphanes Linnaeus
    Aphanes
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    parsley-piert (English)
    Parsley-piert (English)
    North America
    nw Mexico
    Eurasia
    n Africa
    in s South America
    Pacific Islands
    Australia
    Stems 1–10+, erect, ascending, or spreading.
    Leaves not persistent, cauline, alternate, simple (deeply lobed);
    stipules persistent, free or distally adnate to petiole, asymmetric, ± orbicular to ovate, margins lobed;
    petiole present, short;
    blade cuneate, 0.2–1 cm, herbaceous, deeply divided into 2–3 (–5) segments, each segment (1–) 2–3 (–6) -lobed, margins flat, entire, venation pinnate.
    Inflorescences lateral, 4–12-flowered, condensed cymes, often hidden by stipules;
    bracteoles absent.
    Pedicels present.
    Flowers 0.7–1.1 mm diam.;
    epicalyx bractlets (0–) 4;
    hypanthium subglobose to ellipsoid or ovoid, 0.7–2 mm;
    sepals 4, connivent or erect to spreading, ovate to narrowly triangular;
    stamens 1 (or 2);
    torus absent or reduced;
    carpel 1, hairy, styles basal, stigmas capitate;
    Fruits achenes, 1, narrowly ovoid, 0.8–2.5 mm;
    hypanthium persistent;
    sepals persistent, erect;