Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Cracca mohrii Rydberg, sp. nov
A perennial herb; stem 2-3 dm. high; leaves 5-7 cm. long; stipules minute, subulate, caducous; rachis short-strigose ; leaflets 11-21, oblong, acute at each end, mucronate, 6-18 mm. long, 3-6 mm. wide, glabrous and green above, short-strigose and purplish-brown beneath, reticulate; flowers few, in a teiminal raceme, or a few also in the upper axils; pedicels 4 mm. long; calyx short-strigose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2.5 mm. long; corolla yellowish, or the wings rose-tinged, about 1 cm. long; pod about 5 cm. long, 5 mm. wide, arcuate, long-acuminate, short-hirsute, 7-9-seeded.
Type collected in Florida, June, 1880, Charles Mohr (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 773335).
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Physical Description
provided by USDA PLANTS text
Perennial, Herbs, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence t erminal, Inflorescence leaf-opposed, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracts hairy, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals greenish yellow, Petals pinkish to rose, Petals orange or yellow, Petals bicolored or with red, purple or yellow streaks or spots, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel petals auriculate, spurred, or gibbous, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Style sharply bent, Style hairy on one side only, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit exserted from calyx, Valves twisting or coiling after dehiscence, Fruit beaked, Fruit hairy, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outlin e, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black, Seed surface mottled or patchy.