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Slender Janusia (Cottsia gracilis)

Description

The flowers are up to 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) wide and have 5 wrinkled, spoon-shaped petals. The flowers are followed by 3-winged, usually reddish, hairy seedpods. The leaves are green, hairy, opposite, and narrowly lanceolate in shape. The slender, hairy stems twine through other plants.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Malpighiales

            • Family: Malpighiaceae

              • Genus: Cottsia