Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sedastrum glabrum Rose, sp. nov
Perennial with rather large rosettes of leaves, these ovate, obtuse, and very thick especially in the upper half, glabrous. Stems about 20 cm, long, leafy throughout, glabrous ; flowering branches bearing a few sessile flowers ; sepals ovate, obtuse ; petals white, spreading, obtuse ; carpels erect, hollowed about the gland.
CoHected at Saltillo, Mexico, by Dr. EPalmer in 1896 («o. 585, type) and in 1902.
- 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
