Brongniartia goldmanii Rose

Brongniartia goldmanii Rose, Contr. U.S. Nat Herb. 12:269. 1909.
A small tree, 2-3 m. high; young branches short-pilose with spreading hairs; leaves about
1 dm. long; stipules early deciduous; petiole about 1 cm. long, as well as the rachis shortpilose; leaflets 7-9, oblong or elliptic, 1-2.5 cm. long, rounded at each end or retuse at the apex, finely pubescent on both sides when young, glabrate above; flowers 1 or 2, rarely 3 or 4 in each axil; pedicels -1-1.5 cm. long, pilose; bractlets rounded-oval, 7 mm. long, densely pubescent; calyx subvelutinous with dark-brownish hairs, 15 mm. long; corolla 18 mm. long, rose-purple; pod 4-5 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, abruptly acute at the apex, more tapering at the base, glabrous, the stipe very short.
Type locality: Between Las Flechas and La Rastra, Sinaloa. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.