Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Gormania laxa Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 29. 1903
Glabrous, green, about 3 dm. tall ; flowering stems erect. Leaves spatulate, about 2 cm.
long, obtuse; inflorescence loose, cymose-paniculate, about 10 cm. broad and 16 cm. long,
its branches lax, slender ; pedicels 2-3 mm. long ; calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, acute
4-5 mm. long; corolla red or pink, 10-11 mm. long, its lobes lanceolate, acute, ui^ited
nearly to the middle ; anthers about 2 mm. long ; carpels erect, united at the base.
Type locality : Waldo, Oregon. Distribution : Oregon.
- 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
