Phryma
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Phryma leptostachya |
Phryma, 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]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Phryma leptostachya. Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ^ Phryma leptostachya. PLANTS. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ^ Phryma leptostachya. Flora of Pakistan. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ^ a b Olmstead, R. G. (2003). "Whatever happened to the Scrophulariaceae?" ([dead link] – Scholar search). Fremontia 30: 13–22. Page 22.
[edit] External links
- Phryma leptostachya. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
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