Comprehensive Description
(
anglais
)
fourni par North American Flora
Mimosa distachya Cav. Icones 3: 48. 1794
Acacia distachya DC. Prodr. 2: 456. 1825.
Acacia remote Benth. Lond.Joum. Bot. 5: 88. 1846.
A shrub, the branches angled, prickly or unarmed. Stipules subulate; pinnae 3 or 4 pairs; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, elliptic to obovate, rounded, 6-10 mm. long, pubescent on both sides, at least when young; flowers in spikes 3-4 cm. long; calyx and corolla 5-lobed, puberulent or glabrate; stamens 10; legume narrowly oblong, puberulent, 2-3 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, obtuse, puberulent, unarmed, apiculate, short-stipitate, somewhat constricted between the seeds.
Type locality: Mexico. Distribution: Sinaloa to Puebla.
- citation bibliographique
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
