Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Adipera purpusii (Brand.) Britton & Rose
Cassia Purpusii Brand. Zoe 5: 234. 1906.
A shrub, 1 m. high, the twigs apprcssed-pubescent. Stipules linear, 3-4 mm. long, caducous; gland between the lower pair of leaflets linear-cylindric, 2-3 mm. long; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, 1-2 cm. long, 8-12 mm. wide, rounded; inflorescence paniculate, terminal; peduncles 1-3 cm. long; pedicels 5-10 mm. long; flower buds nodding; sepals oblong, 12 mm. long; petals clawed; perfect stamens 3 long and 4 short; legume 5 cm. long, 12 mm. broad, compressed-turgid, mucronate, stipitate, few-seeded, often constricted between the seeds.
Type locality: Calmalli. Lower California. Distribution: Southern Lower California.
- 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
