Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 444 (1753).

Derivation: Greek peganon, rue; from a supposed resemblance.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial glabrous or pubescent herbs; leaves spiral, irregularly multifid, somewhat fleshy; leaf-segments narrow-linear; stipules small, linear, acuminate, almost setaceous.

Flowers pedicellate, rather large, in dichasia with racemose cymes and herbaceous bracteoles; sepals 4 or 5, imbricate, linear, persistent; petals 4 or 5, imbricate, oblong; stamens 12-15, inserted at the base of the short annular disk, some without anthers; filaments thin, broadened at the base; ovary globose, 2- or 3-celled, deeply 2- or 3-lobed; style long, twisted, with 3 keels above the middle; stigmatic papillae along the keels.

seeds with endosperm; testa foveate, mucous; embryo almost straight.

Distribution:  About 6 species, Mediterranean countries, Asia, Mexico and south-western Texas.

Biology: No text

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