Poskea Vatke

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit

Slender shrubs or subshrubs

Morphology Leaves

Leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, entire

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Flowers small, in dense elongate spikes, each flower with a small bract; the spikes solitary or forming a branched synflorescence

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx cylindric, long-hairy particularly on tube, with 5 narrow subulate teeth

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla-tube hairy inside and outside; limb short, 2-lipped, 5-lobed

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 4, slightly exserted; anthers synthecous, with a constriction near the middle

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary

Ovary 1-celled, with a single pendulous ovule; style filiform; stigma shortly 2-lobed

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit thin-walled, ellipsoid.

Distribution

Genus of two species in the Horn of Africa region.