Genus: Umbilicus
Genus description:
Perennials, with tuberous or rhizomatous rootsstock. Basal leaves petiolate, usually suborbicular, at least 2 cm in diameter, glabrous. Cauline leaves much smaller. Flowers 5-merous, numerous, in a terminal, bracteate raceme or panicle. Calyx small. Corolla tubular to campanulate, distinctly sympetalous; lobes more or less erect. Stamens 10 (rarely 5), epipetalous; filaments short. Follicles slender; styles rathershort or absent.
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