Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Diamorpha smallii Britton, sp. nov
Very delicate and almost filiform, glabrous, 5 cm. high or less. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 1,5-2 mm. long; cymes few-flowered, the pedicels filiform, about 2 mm. long; caXyK.segments triangular, acute; petals broadly ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2-2.5 mm. long, about twice as long as wide ; carpels ovoid.
Falls of the Yadkin River, Stanley County, North Carolina, J. K. Small, April 20-24, 1896.
- 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
Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Diamorpha cymosa (Nutt.) Britton ; Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 498. 1903
Tillaea? cymosa Nutt. Gen. 1 : 110. 1818.
Diamorpha pusilla Nutt. Gen. 1 : 293. 1818. l^ot Sedum pusillum^ Michx.
Glabrous, reddish, 2-10 cm. high, branching near or at the base, the branches very slender. Leaves 2-5 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, oblong, obtuse, sessile; cymes few-severalflowered, the pedicles slender, 1-2.5 mm. long; calyx-segments triangular, acute or acutish, slightly spreading ; petals oblong, boat-shaped, 3 mm. long, obtuse, about three times as long as wide ; stamens shorter than the petals ; carpels lanceolate ; follicles lanceolate, 2-2.5 mm. long, widely spreading above the united lower part, their tips curved.
Type locality : Flatrock, near Camden, South Carolina.
Distribution : On rocks, North Carolina and Tennessee to Georgia and Alabama.
- 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
