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Halogeton alopecuroides

(Halogeton alopecuroides)

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Description

Halogeton is a plant genus of the family Amaranthaceae. The genus name, Halogeton, derives from the Greek words for salt and for "neighbor.The genus Halogeton includes both annual and perennial species. The leaves are fleshy cylindrical, terminating in a persistent or caducous bristle. There are three to several flowers in the axil of each floral leaf. The perianth segments are membranous. The stamens are fixed on a papillose staminodial disk. In fruit, the tepals develop five wings.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Amaranthaceae
Genus:Halogeton
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