Winter cherry (Phyllanthus liebmannianus platylepis)
Description
Perennial herb, smooth throughout, with one to several slender unbranched stems, 12 - 20 inches long, rising from a blackish woody caudex. Leaves 0.4 - 1 inch long, alternate, spirally arranged around the stem, widest above the middle with rounded or pointed tips, dark green above, pale green and conspicuously veined below, sessile. Flowers long-stalked, nodding, in leaf axils, with 6 small, pale green sepals and no petals; female flowers much larger than male flowers. Fruit rounded and flattened on both ends, with persistent calyx.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Phyllanthaceae
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Genus: Phyllanthus
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