Source:
SSA
Description:
Perennial herbs. Stems terete below, angled above, much branched. Leaves alternate, deeply and irregularly pinnatisect, somewhat fleshy; lobes linear-lanceolate, apices acute; stipules small, linear, acute. Flowers solitary, pedicellate. Calyx deeply divided, 4-lobed; lobes 3-toothed, leaf-like. Petals 4 or 5, oblong or obovate, white. Disc annular. Stamens 10-15; anthers linear. Ovary globose, 3-lobed; style simple. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, globose, stipitate. Seeds with endosperm. x = 12 (11) (polyploidy).
Distribution:
Species +/- 6, mainly in the Mediterranean area; 1 in sthn Afr.: * Peganum harmala L., an introduced perennial herb, has become a weed in parts of the Little Karoo near Oudtshoorn (SE Western Cape) and in the vicinity of Kenhardt (Northern Cape).
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