Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs, with milky latex. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, very rarely opposite or whorled, usually simple. Inflorescence cymose, racemose or flowers solitary. Bracts present with 2 bracteoles. Flowers bisexual (rarely unisexual), actinomorphic (3-)5(-10)-merous. Petals united to varying degrees, sometimes ± free. Ovary ± inferior, rarely superior, 2-10-locular. Style 1. Fruit a capsule (in ours). Worldwide: 82 genera and 2000 species (including Lobeliaceae), cosmopolitan |
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