Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Elaphrium aridum Rose
Terebinthus arida Rose, Contr. TJ. S. Nat. Herb. 10 : 118. 1906.
A low shrub ; branches dark-gray, those of the first year densely pubescent, the older ones glabrous; leaves clustered near the ends of short spurs or scattered along the new branches ; leaflets mostly 2-4 pairs, rarely reduced to 3 or sometimes even to one, oblong to spatulate, 4-6 cm. long, obtuse, glabrous on both sides ; petiole and the narrowly winged rachis slightly hairy; flowers subsessile; calyx-lobes half as long as the petals, both hairy; drupes subsessile, glabrous.
Type locality : Tehuacan, Puebla.
Distribution : On the very dry hills about Tehuacan.
- 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
