Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Lescaillea equisetiformis Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 157. 1866
Porophyllum equiseliforme Ma/.a & Molinet; Maza, Anal. See. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 277. 1890.
An undershrub; leaves scale-like, about I mm. long; heads at the end of short branches, nodding; peduncles 5-10 mm. long; involucre 4 mm. high, and about as broad; bracts linear, obtuse, thick, with a single row of glands; flowers 5-8; coroUas yellow, 4 mm. long; tube less than 0.5 mm. long; throat clavate; lobes broad, deltoid; achenes 3 mm. long, greenish; pappus browiiish, 2 mm. long; bristles hispidulous.
Type locality: Western Cuba. Distribution: Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1916. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; TAGETEAE, ANTHEMIDEAE. North American flora. vol 34(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
