Cores e Aromas 115“Iresine portulacoides MOQ. Caulibus herbaceis e
basi repente ascendentibus glabris, axillis pilosis;
foliis lineari-lanceolatis spathulato-oblongis vel
obovatis carnosis glabris; capitulis sessilibus v.
subsessilibus ovato-globosis obtusissimis, rhachi
glaberrima; perigonii foliolis obtusis subenerviis
omnibus glaberrimis.”
CAULES interdum valde elongati, prostrati, ad
articulos inferiores radicantes, subcarnosi, rubelli, sic-
citate fragillimi; rami ascendentes et erecti, digitales
ad spithamei. Foliorum axillae ciliato-barbatae. FOLIA
crassiuscula, carnosula e basi spathulata sublinearia
v. plus minus dilatata, in forma typica 2-3 centim.
longa, 4-5 millim. lata, in varietate β. ad 1 centim. lata,
margine integerrima, obtusiuscula v. obtusa, brevis-
sime mucronulata. CAPITULA in ramis v. ramulis e
superiorum parium axillis oriundis terminalia, fere
semper basi foliolorum pari stipata, circiter 1 centim.
longa et lata, alba. BRACTEA subfl oralis late ovata,
nervo excurrente apiculata, laterales illa fere duplo
longiores, perigonio parum breviores. PERIGONIUM 4
millim longum, foliolis ovato-oblongis, obtusis, nervo
basi tantum eminentia spongiosa indicato. STAMINA
perigonio 2/3 breviora; ANTHERAE ovatae, subsagit-
tatae. STYLUS brevis; STIGMATA erecta. FRUCTUS
oblongus. SEMEN submarginatum, rufo-fuscum,
nitidiusculum.
Crescit in litore maris arenoso per magnam,
ut videtur, Brasiliae partem, e. gr. pr. Rio de Janeiro,
ad Tocaja:.....Var. β. in arenosis maritimis pr. Rio
Janeiro....”Carolus Fridericus Philippus de Martius
& Augustus Guilielmus Eichler, 1875“Blutaparon portulacoides is characterized by semior-
bicular infl orescences, conspicuously not cylindrical
and rarely longer than wide. Also, the calyx nerves
are scarcely discernible. The pedicel between the
calyx lobes and fl oral bracts is conspicuously infl ated
and somewhat spongy. The species is restricted to
coastal regions of eastern South America”Prancha representativa de Blutaparon portulacoides James Austin Mears, 1982
Representative board of Blutaparon portulacoides
Martius & Eichler, 1875