Morphology

dwarf shrub 40cm

Ecology

desert, dry site

Chorology

cosmopolitean

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels solitary, vessel diameter 30-50 mµ, simple perforations, intervascular pits round, fibers thick walled, paratracheal parenchyma, rays missing, included phloem in distinct, small, round groups, conjunctive tissue lignified and thin-walled, arranged in wavy, more or less concentric bands, without crystals.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Slide missing

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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