Trigonotis apoensis

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Trigonotis apoensis

Description

Creeping, biennial herbs with prostrate, rooting, branched stems, lateral branches or tufts of leaves arising from bracts at the nodes. Leaves alternate along runners, tufted distally, narrowly elliptic to broadly oblong, petiole 2-8 cm long, sheathing the stem, greyish strigose, lamina up to 6 by 3 cm, but usually much smaller, rounded at base, apex rounded-apic- ulate, with 3-5 lateral nerves on either side paler below, with appressed, white hairs on both sides, denser along the midrib below. Stamens: filaments less than 0.5 mm, anthers 0.75 mm.

Distribution

Mindanao present
Malesia: Philippines (Mindanao).

Notes

The description is taken from Elmer's diagnosis of the species, that does not seem to have been collected in more recent times.