Megacarpaea megalocarpa, (Fischer ex DC.) Schischkin ex B. Fedstch.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 330

1. M. megalocarpa (Fischer ex DC.) Schischkin ex B. Fedstch. in Komarov, Fl. URSS. 8: 543 (1939).

Stem 20-40 cm, branched above. Basal leaves up to 15 cm, petiolate, oblong-elliptical in outline, pinnatisect with many irregularly and acutely toothed lobes; cauline leaves similar but smaller and sessile. Inflorescence a panicle; branches erect in flower, divaricate in fruit. Flowers irregularly monoecious; those in the apical part of each branch male, in the basal part female. Female flowers without perianth; male flowers w ith^p a ls and linear-oblong, pale lilac-pink petals c. 1 0x3 mm. Imermediate flowers may occur, with smaller, white petals and variously developed stamens and gynoecium. Lobes of silicula 15-20 mm in diameter, suborbicular; wing 4-6 mm wide. Saline semi-deserts. S.E. Russia, W. Kazakhstan. Rs (E). (C. Asia.)