Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mascagnia vacciniifolia Niedzu. Gen. Masc. 11. 1908
Mascagnia vacciniifolia glabrata Niedzu. Gen. Masc. 11. 1908. Mascagnia vacciniifolia hispiditla Niedzu. Gen. Mase. 11. 1908.
Leaf-blades obovate, 3 cm. long or less, rounded or slightly emarginate and apiculate at the apex, revolute, sericeous when young, glabrous or nearly so in age, obtuse or acute at the base, short-petioled ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, about 3 mm. long, the glands over one half the length of the sepal-body; petals rose-colored, 5-6 mm. long, with suborbicular to orbicular-hastate or reniform blades ; samaras about 2.5 cm. wide, the dorsal wing obsolete.
Type locality : Central America. Distribution : Mexico and Central America.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
