Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Leptasea funstonii Small, sp. no v
Leaves of the caudices 7-11 mm. long, parchment-like, crowded, more or less spreading, the blades linear to oblong-linear, spine-tipped, ciliate ; flower-stalks 6-9 cm. tall, sparingly glandular-pubescent or glabrous, bearing several leaves which are smaller than those of the caudices; sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5--3 mm. long, glabrous, obtuse; petals white or yellow-tinged, usually yellow-spotted, 7-8 mm. long, with elliptic or oval blades and narrow claws % or % sls long as the blades ; filaments subulate ; follicles 8.5-9.5 mm. long.
Type collected at Disenchantment Bay, Alaska, August 5, 1892, by Frederick Funston, no. 91. Distribution : Coast of Alaska and adjacent islands.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
