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Larrea hidalgensis

Comprehensive Description

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Larrea hidalgensis Britton, sp. nov
Dim'nutive, herbaceous, the stems only about 6 cm. long, or shorter, glabrous, sparuigly stipitate-glandular. Stipules ovate, acute; petioles, rachis and inflorescence glabrous, stipitate-glandular; pinnae 7-9; leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 2.5-4 mm. long; peduncles shorter than the leaves or longer; raceme several-flowered; pedicels densely stipitate-glandular, 3-6 mm. long; calyx-lobes linear-oblong, glabrous, sparingly glandular, about 4 mm. long; petals obovate, short-clawed, sparingly stipitate-glandular below, 5-7 mm. long; legume linear, slightly falcate, 3 cm. long, 5 mm. wide, acute, glabrous, strongly reticulateveined, bearing numerous slender processes on the valves, the margin eglandular.
Ixmiquilipan, Hidalgo. Type collected July 1905, C. A. Purpus 1369.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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