Camphorosma L

27. Camphorosma L. Camphorosma L., Sp. Pl.: 122 (1753) Annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Flowers bisexual or pistillate in spiciform inflorescences, or solitary in the axils of bracts; perianth connate almost up to the top, at the apex with 4 erect unequal teeth; stamens usually 4; stigmas 2(-3). Seeds vertical; embryo horseshoe-shaped or almost annular; radicle inferior. Zn = 12. About 10 spp., S and E Eurooe. N Africa. Asia.Published as part of Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, pp. 253-281 in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer-Verlag on page 26