Eriochiton is a genus of small shrubs in the family Chenopodiaceae ( sensu stricto), which are included in Amaranthaceae ( sensu lato) according to the APG classification.
Description
Species have woolly branches. The leaves are linear, silky-woolly. Flowers are solitary in the axils, the perianth is 5-lobed. Fruiting perianth hardened, silky-woolly, with 5 spines and 5 erect wings arising from the base of the lobes. Seeds horizontal.
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