Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Pithecellobium albicaule Britton & Rose, sp. nov
A shrub or tree witli white, densely velvety branches, the stipular spines 1-1.5 cm. long. Pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 1 pair, very oblique, ovate, 2-7 cm. long, acute, softly pubescent on both sides, strongly reticulated; flowers in elongated spikes S-10 cm. long; bractlets small, narrow, acute, 1-2 mm. long, persistent; calyx 2-3 mm. long, white-pubescent; corolla 5-6 mm. long, densely pubescent; stamens 15 mm. long, the tube slender, long-exserted.
Panuro, Veracruz, April, 1888, Seler 690, type; British Honduras.
- 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
