Appearance
Stem:- Flowering stem 10-40 m, erect, usually solitary, sometimes a few together to form a lax clump, with short-spreading (patent) glandular-downy hairs (pubescent).Leaves:- Basal leaves ± in a rosette, with soft, multicellular, glandular and eglandular hairs; leaf-stalk (petiole) 1.5-2 times as long as the leaf-blade (lamina), widened above; lamina 10-20 x 2-25 mm, heart-shaped (cordate), flaccid, with 5 -13 shallow lobes, Cauline leaves ± stemless (sessile), fan-shaped (flabellate), without bulbils, the upper ones gradually smaller and more distant.
Flowers:- Inflorescence a rather compact cyme of 5-11 flowers; flower stalks (pedicels) up to 20 mm. Sepals 2.5-3.5 run, ovate-oblong, subobtuse, green, glandular-pubescent. Petals 8-12 mm, narrowly obovate, obtuse, 3- to 5-veined, pure white, sparsely glandular-pubescent on upper surface. Stamens less than half as long as the petals. Ovary 3/4 inferior; styles very short.
Fruit:- Seeds 0.5 : 0.35 mm, ovoid, brown, with longitudinal rows of short papillae
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