Comprehensive Description
(
Anglèis
)
fornì da North American Flora
Xerocassia armata (S. Wats.) Britton & Rose
Cassia armata S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. II: 136. 1876.
A much branched shrub, the branches striate, glabrous, or sparingly pubescent above, pale green. Leaves about 6 cm. long, or shorter; leaflets 2 or 3 distant pairs, ovate to suborbicular, 2-6 mm. long, obtuse or acute, pubescent or glabrate; inflorescence 5-10 cm. long, several-flowered; pedicels slender, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, 1-2 cm. long; sepals 5-6 mm. long; petals 8-12 mm. long; legume linear, turgid, subulate-tipped, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, spinulose-tipped, 2-3.5 cm. long, about 6 mm. wide.
Type locality: Mountains between Fort Mohave and Cajon Pass, California. Distribution: Southern California, western Nevada and Arizona.
- sitassion bibliogràfica
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
