Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Talinaria palmeri Brand. Zoe 5: 231. 1906
An herb, 6—10 cm. high, the roots bearing many ovoid, ellipsoid, or oblong-ellipsoid tubers; leaf-blades st Z.5 cm. long, 0.5-1.2 cm. broad, acute or obtuse, the axils and lower
parts bearing whitish hairs; pedicels 1.5-3 cm. long; bracts pilose within; sepals broadly ovate, 6-7 mm. long, 6-7 mm. broad; petals oblong-ovate, elliptic, or obovate, 7—8 mm. lonj. mm broad, rose-colored; stamens shorter than the petals; anthers yellow; capsule ellipsoid or ovoid, 7-9 mm. long; seeds, including the wing, 2-2.5 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: Saltillo, Coahuila. Distribution: Northern Mexico.
- bibliographic citation
- Percy Wilson, Per Axel Rydberg. 1932. CHENOPODIALES. North American flora. vol 21(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Comprehensive Description
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Talinaria coahuilensis
Tahn-um codhtulaise 5. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 26: 132. 1891.
A perennial herb, with short leafy stems and branching rootstock bearing oblong or ovoid tubers; leaves rhombic-obovate or obovate, S-14 mm. long, 4-S mm. broad, cuneate at the base and nearly sessile; pedicels 1.3 cm. long or less; sepals round-ovate, 4-5 mm. long, acute; petals broadly obovate, 6 mm. long; stamens numerous; filaments slender: anthers short: capsule ovate. [The type material of this species is very poor. The species is probably a depauperate form of the preceding.]
Type locality: On limestone hills at Cameros Pass, Coahuila. Distribution : Northern Mexico.
- bibliographic citation
- Percy Wilson, Per Axel Rydberg. 1932. CHENOPODIALES. North American flora. vol 21(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY