Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Oenanthe pringlei Coult. & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat
Herb. 3:307. 1895.
Plants decumbent and ascending, 6-9 dm. high; leaves triangular-ovate in general outline, excluding the petioles 9-12 cm. long, 8-11 cm. broad, bipinnate, the leaflets ovate, 1-2 cm. long, 5-10 mm. broad, spinulose-serrate, incised and lobed toward the base; involucre wanting; involucel of several linear bractlets, 2-3 mm. long; rays 15-20, subequal, 15-25 mm. long; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; calyx-teeth lanceolate, up to 1 mm. long; styles about 2 mm. long; fruit oblong-oval, 3-3.5 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, somewhat flattened laterally, the ribs broader than the intervals, the lateral broader than the dorsal.
Type locality: "In cold bogs of the Sierra de Clavellinas," Oaxaca, 9000 feet, Pringle 6009. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
