Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Larrea fruticosa (S. Wats.) Britton
Hoffmanseggia fruticosa S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 21: 451. 1886. Caesalpinia fruticosa E. M. Fisher. Bot. Gaz. 18: 123. 1893.
Shrubby, 1.8 m. high or less, the branches, foliage, and inflorescence canescent. Stipules laciniate; leaves small, about 2 cm. long, with 3 or 5 pinnae; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, oblong, obtuse, 2-4 mm. long, black-glandular-dotted beneath; raceme terminal, short-peduncled, 5 cm. long; bracts laciniate; pedicels 5 mm. long, slender; calyx about 5 mm. long; legume lunate, 2.5 cm. long, finely appressed-pubescent, dotted with small black sessile glands, acute at both ends.
Type locality: Jimulco, Coahuila. Distribution: Coahuila.
- 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
