{"id":12182,"date":"2020-11-10T10:07:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T10:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/species\/mercurialis-elliptica-poir-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:13:32","slug":"mercurialis-elliptica-poir-2","status":"publish","type":"species","link":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/fr\/esp\u00e8ce\/mercurialis-elliptica-poir-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercurialis elliptica Poir."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arbrisseau dio\u00efque de jusqu\u2019\u00e0 50(70) cm de haut, pr\u00e9sentant de nombreuses tiges t\u00e9tragonales, ligneuses, dress\u00e9es, pourvues de feuilles sur toute leur longueur, verd\u00e2tre-glaucescent, glabres. Feuilles [(8)18-40(50) \u00d7 (4)6-12(17) mm] oppos\u00e9es, elliptiques \u00e0 elliptique-lanc\u00e9ol\u00e9es, \u00e0 bord cr\u00e9nel\u00e9-dent\u00e9 et sommet obtus, coriaces, \u00e0 p\u00e9tiole de 4-8(10) mm ; elles pr\u00e9sentent 2 glandes \u00e0 la base du limbe et une autre terminale sur chacune des dents; stipules de 1-1,5 \u00d7 0,2-0,3 mm, membraneuses, persistantes, verd\u00e2tres, \u00e9troitement triangulaires. Inflorescences spiciformes terminales de jusqu\u2019\u00e0 5 cm, \u00e0 p\u00e9doncule de 2-3 cm, au sein desquelles se concentrent les fleurs m\u00e2les (6-8) en petits glom\u00e9rules, dispos\u00e9s autour des fleurs femelles, ces derni\u00e8res solitaires ou group\u00e9es en verticilles de 2-5. Fleurs sans p\u00e9tales, verd\u00e2tres. S\u00e9pales : 3, de <em>c<\/em>. 1,5 mm, largement ov\u00e9s, glabres, soud\u00e9s \u00e0 la base. \u00c9tamines : 8-25. Ovaire \u00e0 2(3-4) carpelles; styles divergents, papilleux. Le fruit est une capsule subglobuleuse [(2,5)3-3,5 \u00d7 3,5-4 mm], glabre, \u00e0 2(3-4) m\u00e9ricarpes monospermes et p\u00e9dicelle de 10(20) mm. Graines (2,2-2,5 \u00d7 1,8-2 mm) largement ovo\u00efdes, lisses, gris fonc\u00e9, caroncul\u00e9es. Les photos montrent la var. <em>trichogyna<\/em>\u00a0 Maire &amp; Wilczek \u00e0 ovaire et capsule hispides sur le dos des coques de poils aigus, blanch\u00e2tres, \u00e9paissis \u00e0 la base (Vindt, 1953).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12182","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mercurialis elliptica Poir. - North Africa Trees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mercurialis elliptica Poir. - North Africa Trees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arbrisseau dio\u00efque de jusqu\u2019\u00e0 50(70) cm de haut, pr\u00e9sentant de nombreuses tiges t\u00e9tragonales, ligneuses, dress\u00e9es, pourvues de feuilles sur toute leur longueur, verd\u00e2tre-glaucescent, glabres. 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