Halocharis Moq.

77. Halocharis Moq. Halocharis Moq. in DC., Prodr. 13, 2: 48, 201 (1849) Annual, somewhat fleshy herbs. Leaves alternate, narrow, ciliate. Flowers solitary, subtended by 2 bracteoles; perianth lobes 5, free almost to the base, unchanged in fruit; stamens 5; anthers with an enlarged terminal vesicular connective; stigmas 2, filiform. Pericarp smooth. 13 spp., SW and C 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 27