Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Earleocassia demissa (Rose) Britton
Cassia demissa Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 97. 1906.
Herbaceous, or somewhat woody below, low, often trailing, much branched, pubescent.
Stipules linear-filiform, 12-18 mm. long; leaflets 2 pairs, rarely 3 pairs, oblong, 10-15 mm. long,
mucronate, strigose-pubescent ; gland nearly filiform, about 3 mm. long, borne between the lower
pair of leaflets; peduncle as long as or longer than the leaves, 2or 3-flowered; legume 10-12 mm.
long, 6 mm. wide, minutely tipped.
Type locality: Near Cameros Pass, Coahuila. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- 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
