Patellifolia Webbiana
''Patellifolia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Betoideae of the family Amaranthaceae. These are mostly procumbent herbs occurring in the Western Mediterranean region and Macaronesia, with some isolated occurrences in North Africa and at the Horn of Africa. They are interesting as crop wild relatives of sugar beet. Description ''Patellifolia'' are annual or perennial herbs, growing erect or often procumbent. The alternate leaves have a petiole, their leaf blade is heart-shaped or hastate. The spike-like inflorescences consist of glomerules of one to three flowers sitting in the axils of leaf-like bracts. The free flowers are hermaphrodite. The perianth consists of five herbaceous, slightly keeled tepal lobes which are connate at base. There are five stamens opposite to the tepals, their filaments are fused at base forming a disc. The ovary is semi-inferior with 2 stigmas. In fruit, the ovary is partly immersed in the enlarged base of the perianth. The tep ...
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Patellifolia Patellaris
''Patellifolia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Betoideae of the family Amaranthaceae. These are mostly procumbent herbs occurring in the Western Mediterranean region and Macaronesia, with some isolated occurrences in North Africa and at the Horn of Africa. They are interesting as crop wild relatives of sugar beet. Description ''Patellifolia'' are annual or perennial herbs, growing erect or often procumb