Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Villadia parviflora (Hemsl.) Rose, Bull. N. Y
Bot. Gard. 3:5. 1903.
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Cotyledon parviflora Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 1 : 9. 1878.
Perennial by somewhat fleshy roots. Stems herbaceous, very strict, in flower somewhat nodding at the tips, more or less branching at base, in large plants sometimes branching near the middle, the branches also erect, leafy to the base ; leaves erect, closely set and overlapping, terete above, semi-terete below, acute, at base slightly projecting below the insertion ; inflorescence like an interrupted leafy spike, each leaf subtending 1-3 flowers ; sepals equal, green, slightly roughened; corolla white tinged with red, its segments erect, acute, angled on the back, united for about one-half their length ; stamens included, borne on the corolla-tube ; styles very short ; carpels short and thick, erect except at tip, free to base.
Type locality : Mt. Zacoalco, Valley of Mexico. Distribution : High valleys of central Mexico.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, George Valentine Nash, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose, Per Axel Rydber. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
