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| flowers--although these flowers look large, they are only about 1" across! | flowers--the flowers of Krameria have a strange structure. Look carefully at the flowers to find the 5 sepals and the 5 petals. The calyx contains 5 pink sepals. In the corolla the upper 3 petals are fused into a narrow structure called a claw and wider, reddish limb. The lower 2 petals are sessile (what does this mean?). |
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| flowering stem, with flower buds | floral bud again--the pink sepals are visible in the bud. The green leaf-like structures on the pedicel of the flower are paired bracts. |
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| leaves--the alternate, linear leaves have a fine pubescence and are minutely spine tipped | habit--this species is a prostrate perennial herb that spreads from a woody base |
