Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Thryallis sessilifolia Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb 12 : 281. 1909. Galphimia sessilifolia Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3 : 313. 1895.
Plants with rather short glabrous branches; leaf-blades ovate to orbicular-ovate, 1.53.5 cm. long, abruptly pointed at the apex, glabrous, cordate or subcordate at the base, sessile or nearly so, glandless ; panicles narrow, rather closely few-flowered, the rachis finely pubescent ; sepals oblong, about 3 mm. long, glabrous ; corolla yellow, tinged with red, the larger petals 8-10 mm. long, the blades oblong to ovate-oblong ; capsules 3-3.5 mm. long, the faces smooth or nearly so.
Type locality : Oaxaca.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
