Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Chamaecrista goldmanii Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Perennial, branched, the branches slender, rather densely puberulent, about 3 dm. long or shorter. Stipules narrowly lanceolate, long-acuminate, strongly nerved, 4—6 mm. long; petiolar gland short-stalked, about 0.3 mm. broad; rachis long-pilose; leaflets 5-12 pairs, subchartaceous, narrowly oblong, or the upper oblong-obovate, 6-S mm. long, aristtilatc, longciliate and sparingly pilose, or glabrate and ciliolate, strongly veined, the costa nearly central; pedicels nearly filiform, 1-2 cm. long, bracteolate above, puberulent; sepals lanceolate, loosely pubescent, 6-S mm. long; petals 10-13 mm. long; legume linear, about 5 cm. long, 4 mm. wide, loosely short-pubescent.
Chihuahua and Durango. Type from Parral, Chihuahua, September 19, 1898, K. A. Goldman 96'.
- 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
