Scoparia dulcis L.
Common Name : Licorice weed
Family : Scrophulariaceae
HABIT |
AN ERECT PERENNIAL HERB.
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STEMS |
UP TO 90 CM TALL; STEM 5-6-ANGLED, GLABROUS;
DIVARICATELY BRANCHED, FETID SMELLING.
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LEAVES |
LEAVES OPPOSITE OR IN WHORLS OF 3,
OBLONG-OVATE TO OBLANCEOLATE, 0.5-3.8 CM LONG AND 0.8-1.5 CM WIDE, TAPERING
AT BASE, SUBACUTE AT APEX, MARGINS ENTIRE OR COARSELY CRENATE-SERRATE,
GLABROUS ON BOTH SURFACES.
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FLOWERS |
FLOWERS SMALL, BORNE IN SMALL, 2-6-FLOWERED
AXILLARY WHORLS IN SLENDER PEDICELS, 8-13 MM LONG; COROLLA WHITE, 0.5 CM IN
DIAMETER.
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FRUITS |
CAPSULE SUBGLOBOSE, 3-4 MM IN DIAMETER.
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