Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Chamaecrista mirabilis Pollard, Proc. Biol. vSoc. Wash. 15: 19
1902.
Cassia mirabilis Urban, Symb. Ant. 4: 276. 1905.
Shrubby or suffrutescent, low, prostrate, diffuse, rarely ascending, the stems 3-6 dm. long, glabrous, or finely pubescent, the branches slender. Stipules linear-subulate, 3-6 mm. long; petiolar glands 1-3, discoid, stalked; leaflets 3-17 pairs, linear, cuspidate, 4-6 mm, long, the midvein nearly central; pedicels mostly solitary, sometimes as long as the smaller leaves, nearly filiform; sepals thin, 6-9 mm, long; petals longer than the sepals, one of them much longer than the others; legume linear, sparingly pubescent, 2-2.5 cm, long, 2-2.5 mm. wide.
Type locality: Rio Piedras, Porto Rico. Distribution: Northern coastal plain of Porto Rico.
- 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
