Subularia Explained

Subularia is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. Subularia species are annual herbs that grow in moist or even flooded soils. There are only two species of the genus: Subularia aquatica, which is widespread in North America and Europe; and Subularia monticola, from Africa mountains. Awlwort is a common name for plants in this genus.

Description

Stems and leaves: Hairless, with fleshy leaves all growing from the base of the stem, arranged in little roselike clusters. Individual leaves are fleshy, very narrow and with an evenly continuous edge.

Few flowered in elongated clusters of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first. Sepals ascending to erect, white petals, spatulate to oblong, not clearly clawed and sometimes lacking.

Fruits: Narrow elongated seed capsule which is peculiar to the family Brassicaceae.^[1]

External links

- Web site: LINN 822.2 Subularia sp. (Herb Linn) . 2008-05-08 . The Linnean Collections . 13 August 2007 . Linnean Society of London.
Web site: Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas... . 2008-05-08 . Linné . Carl von . Carl Linnaeus . 1753 . Missouri Botanical Garden - Tropicos.
- Web site: Genus: Subularia L. . https://web.archive.org/web/20190813091707/https://green-posts.com/ . dead . 2019-08-13 . 2008-05-08 . Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) . Germplasm Resources Information Network . 2006-03-31 . Taxonomy for Plants . USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland .
Web site: PLANTS Profile, Subularia . 2008-05-08 . Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) . Natural Resources Conservation Service . The PLANTS Database . .

Notes and References

Book: K. Kubitzki . K.U. Kramer . P.S. Green . J. G. Rohwer . V. Bittrich . H. Huber . J. W. Kadereit . C. Jeffrey . The families and genera of vascular plants . . 2008-05-08 . 3-540-42873-9 . Cruciferae . https://books.google.com/books?id=I8oMV1lsS6kC&pg=PA163. 2002-09-12 .