| 1. | Bracteoles are linear and up to 1.2 cm long.
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| 2. | Solitary flowers end long stalks with a pair of bracteoles.
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| 3. | In fruit, the bracteoles can enlarge, thicken or become appendaged.
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| 4. | The flowers are borne on pedicels that have tiny, sharp bracteoles.
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| 5. | The individual flowers are sessile and may be with or without bracteoles.
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| 6. | The bracteoles range from 2 7 mm and are green and linear.
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| 7. | They differ from the related subfamily Salsoloideae by the absence of bracteoles.
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| 8. | The bracteoles and sepals are velvety ( velutinous ).
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| 9. | Partial peduncles are two-flowered and lack bracteoles.
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| 10. | Bract minute; bracteoles 2, below the calyx.
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