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Comprehensive Description

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Parosela insignis (Hemsl.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb 10: 103. 1906.
Dalea insignis Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 7. 1878.
An herb, apparently annual; stem about 5 dm. high, stout, glabrous, leafy, branched at the summit; leaves 5-10 cm. long, spreading; stipules foliaceous, but thin, strongly veiny, glandular-dotted, semi-ovate or semi-sagittate, 8-10 mm. long, 5-7 mm. broad; petiole 1-2 cm. long; rachis glabrous or slightly pilose, not glandular; stipels obsolete; leaflets 9-13, oval, mucronate or cuspidate, 1-2 cm. long, glabrous, glandular-dotted beneath only; peduncles terminating the branches, 1-3 cm. long; spikes dense, 3-10 cm. long, about 1.5 cm. thick; bracts membranous, veiny, inflated, enclosing the flowers, truncate or retuse at the apex, abruptly produced into a filiform recurved acumination nearly as long as the body; calyxtube broadly campanulate, membranous, with 10 dark veins, 2 mm. long; lobes broadly triangular, broader than long; flowers purple (?); blade of the banner rounded-cordate, 3 mm. long, the claw 5 inm. long; blades of the wings 4 mm. long, those of the keel-petals broader, more obovate, 5 mm. long, united along the lower edge, the claws of both 3 mm. long; pod glabrous.
Type locality: Veracruz.
Distribution: Veracruz and Puebla.
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bibliographic citation
Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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