About Stillingia linearifolia S.Watson
Stillingia linearifolia is a perennial herb that grows as a clump of slender, branching, erect stems that reach close to 70 centimeters in height. Its leaves are arranged alternately, linear and narrow, growing up to 4 centimeters long and less than 2 millimeters wide. The inflorescence is an erect spike of flowers that is a few centimeters long. This plant is monoecious: each spike holds several male flowers at its tip, and a few fruit-bearing female flowers below the male flowers. Neither male nor female flowers have petals. The ovary of the female flower develops into a three-lobed greenish capsule 3 to 4 millimeters wide. Each of the fruit's three chambers contains one tiny black seed.
