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Odontostemma

Botanical name: Odontostemma

Odontostemma

Botanical name: Odontostemma

Description

Odontostemma are scarcely known and understudied flowering plants with a limited geographic range. Their scientific name "Odontostemma" comes from two Greek words - 'odont' meaning 'tooth', and 'stemma', meaning 'wreath' or 'garland'. They can be distinguished from related plants by discrete botanical characteristics: two or rarely three styles in a flower, sepals that curve outward on their distant end, and seeds with inflated coats, lacking striations. Odontostemma have no known practical use in gardening, medicine, or other human activities.

Species of Odontostemma

Odontostemma pogonantha

Odontostemma pogonantha is a very small, rare herb that looks like a pad of moss until it breaks out in scalloped, pale blue to purplish-white blooms. It is part of a group of plants called carpetweeds for this unusual growth habit. Odontostemma pogonantha's scientific name(Odontostemma pogonantha) contains the epithet "pogonantha," or "bearded anthers" in Greek, for the appearance of its flower bases.

Scientific Classification

Phylum

Vascular plants

Class

Dicotyledons

Order

Pinks, cacti, and allies

Family

Pink

Genus

Odontostemma

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