Saururus

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Saururus cernuus


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Read about Saururus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Saururus (Greek, lizard's tail, referring to the curve of the spike of fls.). Saururaceae. Lizard's Tail. Perennial marsh herbs, suitable for the bog-garden.

Erect: lvs. heart-shaped, converging-ribbed, petioled, without distinct stipules: fls. crowded in a slender-naked-peduncled terminal spike or raceme; perianth none; stamens mostly 6 or 7, hypogynous: fr. somewhat fleshy, wrinkled, of 3-4 carpels united at base and indehiscent; seed usually solitary.—Two species, one in N. Amer., the other in Asia. CH


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