Cryptantha filaginea (Philippi) Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 121: 829 (1907) |
Pronunciation/Pronunciación: |
Cryp-tán-tha fi-la-gi-nè-a |
Etymology/Etimología: |
"having woolly threads" / "con trapos lanudo" |
Synonyms/Sinónimos: |
Eritrichium filagineum Philippi, Anales Univ. Chile 90: 536 (1895) (Basionym) |
Type/Tipo: |
F. Philippi s.n., Sep 1885, CHILE: Atacama, Monte Amargo. |
Flowers bracteate |
Corolla small, limb 0.5-1.5(2) mm wide |
Calyx in fruit 3-4 mm long, hispid along midrib, lobes erect to slightly spreading at tip |
Nutlets 4, homomorphic, rarely and slightly heteromorphic, 1.2-1.5 (1.8) mm long, base truncate, margin angled, apex acute, surface tuberculate |
Axial nutlet more firmly attached, =odd nutlet when heteromorphic |
Style tip exceeding nutlet |