Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mimosa brevispicata Britton, sp. nov
Twigs very slender, puberulent, angled, armed with large, solitary, recurved prickles. Stipules linear-lanceolate, puberulent, 3-5 mm. long; petiole and rachis puberulent; petiole 1-2 cm. long; pinnae 2 pairs; leaflets 6-9 pairs, linear-oblong, 3-5 mm. long, 1-1.5 mm. wide, obtuse, 1-veined, puberulent when young, becoming glabrous; spikes axillary and in narrow terminal panicles, solitary or 2 or 3 together, 1-2 cm. long, the short peduncles puberulent; flowers puberulent, 4or 5-parted; stamens 8-10.
Tlacuiloltepec, Puebla, 1909, Purpus 3SS7.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
