Schott's Stickpea

Anneslia formosa (Kunth) Britton & Milisp. Bahama Fl. 159. 1920
Acacia formosa Kunth, Mim. 102. 1821.
CaUiandra formosa Benth. Lend. Journ. Bet. 3: 98. 1844.
Feuilleea formosa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 187. 1891.
A tree, 2-4 m. high, glabrous throughout. Stipules oblong, obtuse, 6-7 mm. long; petioles 2-3 cm. long; pinnae 2 pairs; leaflets 5 or 6 pairs, oblong-obovate or elliptic-obovate, acute or obtusish, membranous, the upper ones about 2 cm. long, the lower pair much smaller, only about 6 mm. long; peduncles very slender, 2-4 cm. long; heads solitary or subpaniculate ; calyx 5-parted, its lobes linear-oblong; corolla nearly twice as long as the calyx; filaments white, about 2 cm. long, united near the base.
Type locality: Guanajuato. Distribution: Guanajuato.

Perennial, Trees, Shrubs, Woody throughout, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules green, triangulate to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules persistent, Leaves compound, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, I nflorescences racemes, Inflorescence panicles, Inflorescences globose heads, capitate or subcapitate, Inflorescence axillary, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals united, valvate, Petals greenish yellow, Stamens numerous, more than 10, Stamens completely free, separate, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Stamens long exserted, Filaments glabrous, Filaments pink or red, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit explosively or elastically dehiscent, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seed with elliptical line or depression, pleurogram, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seeds subquadrate, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black, Seed surface mottled or patchy.