Phryma
| Lopseed family | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Phryma leptostachya var. asiatica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Phryma L. |
| Species: | P. leptostachya |
| Binomial name | |
| Phryma leptostachya L. | |
Phryma leptostachya, or lopseed, is a perennial herb.[1] The genus is native to eastern North America (roughly, everywhere east of the Rocky Mountains[2]) and Asia (Japan, Nepal, India and West Pakistan[3]), and consists of either one or two species, depending on whether the American and Asian species are considered separate or not.[4]
The plant stands about 0.3 to 1.0 meters tall, and the inflorescences bear a number of small (4 mm) tube-shaped white to pink flowers.[1]
Although it has sometimes been classified in the family Verbenaceae,[1] 21st century research has placed it in a small family (Phrymaceae) along with Mimulus (monkey flowers) and a small number of other genera which had formerly been in the Scrophulariaceae.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 "Phryma leptostachya". Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ↑ "Phryma leptostachya". PLANTS. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ↑ "Phryma leptostachya". Flora of Pakistan. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- 1 2 Olmstead, R. G. (2003). "Whatever happened to the Scrophulariaceae?" (PDF). Fremontia 30–2: 13–22. Page 22.
External links
- "Phryma leptostachya". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
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