Herbs, summer annual, glaucous, glabrous, with slender taproot. Stems angular, leafy and branched throughout. Leaves alternate, 2 or 3(or 4) × pinnate, or lower leaves 2 or 3 × ternatisect; lower leaves long petiolate; upper leaves shortly petiolate or sessile. Inflorescences leaf-opposed [i.e., displaced-terminal], racemose, subspicate, soon elongating; bracts linear-oblong, scarious. Flowers zygomorphic, on short pedicels. Sepals petaloid, dentate. Upper outer petal with short saccate spur; inner petals fused at apex; nectary short, obtuse. Stamens 2 (= filaments of each triplet completely fused). Stigma transversely oblong, with indistinct papillae. Fruit a ± globular nut, with 2 small depressions at apex. All species self-compatible, and many predominantly selfing. Fls asymmetrical; sep small, closely appressed; pet elongate, ± connivent, the upper one of the 2 outer ones spurred at the base, the 2 outer dilated at the summit, the 2 inner (lateral) coherent at the summit over the stigma; fr 1-seeded, indehiscent, globose or nearly so; style deciduous; mostly annuals with the aspect of Corydalis. 50, Old World. Fruit a nutlet. Only the upper petal spurred. Ovules 1 or 1 on each placenta. Leaves all cauline. Flowers zygomorphic in leaf-opposed racemes. Annual herbs. Herbes'annuelles; tige allongée, diffuse, dressée ou ± grimpante.'Feuilles'alternes, caulinaires, 2-4-pennatiséquées, à segments étroits ou linéaires.'Inflorescences'en racèmes oppositifoliés; pédicelles courts.'Fleurs'petites; sépales squamiformes, parfois nuls; 1 pétale extérieur prolongé en éperon; pétales intérieurs portant une sorte de crête sur le dos; faisceaux staminaux munis à la base de la face externe d'un nectaire en forme d'éperon; ovaire uniovulé; style filiforme.'Fruits indéhiscents, ± globuleux, symétriques, petits.\n\t\t\t\tEnviron 50 espèces, originaires d'Europe, du bassin méditerranéen et d'Asie tempérée; 2 espèces seulement en Afrique tropicale orientale dont 1 au Congo belge. Herbes'annuelles; tige allongée, diffuse, dressée ou ± grimpante.'Feuilles'alternes, caulinaires, 2-4-pennatiséquées, à segments étroits ou linéaires.'Inflorescences'en racèmes oppositifoliés; pédicelles courts.'Fleurs'petites; sépales squamiformes, parfois nuls; 1 pétale extérieur prolongé en éperon; pétales intérieurs portant une sorte de crête sur le dos; faisceaux staminaux munis à la base de la face externe d'un nectaire en forme d'éperon; ovaire uniovulé; style filiforme.'Fruits indéhiscents, ± globuleux, symétriques, petits.\n\t\t\t\tEnviron 50 espèces, originaires d'Europe, du bassin méditerranéen et d'Asie tempérée; 2 espèces seulement en Afrique tropicale orientale dont 1 au Congo belge. Fruit a nutlet. Only the upper petal spurred. Ovules 1 or 1 on each placenta. Leaves all cauline. Flowers zygomorphic in leaf-opposed racemes. Annual herbs. Only the upper petal spurred. Ovules 1 or 1 on each placenta. Leaves all cauline. Flowers zygomorphic in leaf-opposed racemes. Annual herbs. Fls asymmetrical; sep small, closely appressed; pet elongate, ± connivent, the upper one of the 2 outer ones spurred at the base, the 2 outer dilated at the summit, the 2 inner (lateral) coherent at the summit over the stigma; fr 1-seeded, indehiscent, globose or nearly so; style deciduous; mostly annuals with the aspect of Corydalis. 50, Old World. Herbs, summer annual, glaucous, glabrous, with slender taproot. Stems angular, leafy and branched throughout. Leaves alternate, 2 or 3(or 4) × pinnate, or lower leaves 2 or 3 × ternatisect; lower leaves long petiolate; upper leaves shortly petiolate or sessile. Inflorescences leaf-opposed [i.e., displaced-terminal], racemose, subspicate, soon elongating; bracts linear-oblong, scarious. Flowers zygomorphic, on short pedicels. Sepals petaloid, dentate. Upper outer petal with short saccate spur; inner petals fused at apex; nectary short, obtuse. Stamens 2 (= filaments of each triplet completely fused). Stigma transversely oblong, with indistinct papillae. Fruit a ± globular nut, with 2 small depressions at apex. All species self-compatible, and many predominantly selfing.General Information
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