Descripción: Hierba monoica, anual, indumento estrellado-pubescente. Hojas alternas, largamente pecioladas, limbo subromboideo, entero o sinuado. Inflorescencias racemosas o paniculiformes, terminales. Flores unisexuales, actinomorfas. Flores masculinas en la parte superior de la inflorescencia, con 5 sépalos soldados en la base, 5 pétalos amarillentos, 9-10 estambres. Flores femeninas con perianto simple de 10 piezas casi libres. Gineceo tricarpelar. Fruto cápsula con escamas peltadas. Semillas muricadas.

Distribución: originaria desde Pakistán hasta la Región Mediterránea. http://www.gbif.org5

Distribución en la Península Ibérica

Empleo:

Paisajes

Referencias

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SCIENCE ADVANCES 17 Apr 2020 Vol 6, Issue 16 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz7772. A 1000-year-old mystery solved: Unlocking the molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium
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