Glinus
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Description
Annual herbs, stellate-pubescent, subsucculent; branches ascending to procumbent. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, linear to orbicular, often unequal in size at a node; stipules absent. Inflorescences axillary, fasciculate or seemingly cymose, cymes sometimes verticillate or flowers solitary; flowers sessile or pedicellate. Sepals 5, sometimes apically appendaged or cleft; petals absent; stamens 3-20, free, staminodes 0-20, often petaloid and divided at apex; ovary 3- to 5-locular, ovules numerous in each locule, style 1, short, stigmas 5. Capsule loculicidal, thin-walled or membranous; seeds small, strophiolate, testa smooth or granular.