3.
Iresine diffusa
Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4(2): 765. 1806.
Juba's bush
Herbs,
annual or weakly per-ennial, 4-30 dm.
Stems
erect, spreading, or clambering, much-branched, glabrous or sparsely villous.
Leaves
opposite; blade ovate to lanceolate, 3-14 × 1.5-7 cm, glabrous or villous.
Inflores-cences:
panicles, 10-40 cm; bracts and bracteoles
1
/3-
2
/3 as long as tepals.
Flowers
pedicellate; tepals whitish to stramineous, oblong, 0.6-0.8 mm, hyaline, apex obtuse or rounded, densely villous.
Utricles
included in tepals, greenish, ovoid, 0.6-0.8 mm, apex obtuse.
Seeds
0.5-0.7 mm.
Flowering fall. Hammocks, marshes, other habitats mostly near coast; 0-10 m; Fla., La., Tex.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America.
