Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Earleocassia durangensis (Rose) Britton
Cassia durangensis Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 98. 1906.
Herbaceous, the stems often branched above, 2-4 dm. high, densely velvety-pubescent and sometimes long-pilose. Stipules linear, persistent; leaflets 1 pair, broadly oblong to suborbicular, 3-5 cm. long, densely soft-pubescent on both sides; gland slender; peduncles longer than the leaves, 1-5-flowered; sepals densely pilose, about 7 mm. long; petals 12-15 mm. long; legume compressed, 3-3.5 cm. long, about 7 mm. wide, densely pubescent, straight, tipped by a slender terminal, at length deciduous style.
Type locality: Near city of Durango, Durango. Distribution: Southern Texas to Durango.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
