Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Lenophyllum acutifolium Rose, Smithson. Misc. Coll. 47: 162. 1904
Perennial, much branched at base. Leaves opposite, 6-8 pairs, thickish, deeply channeled above, acute ; flowers scattered in an interrupted spike or equilateral raceme, sessile or subsessile, borne in the axils of small bracts; sepals subequal, thickish, acute; petals greenish-yellow, distinct, erect below, spreading or reflexed above, acute; the 5 stamens opposite the sepals distinct, the other five borne on the petals ; scales broad, truncate at apex ; carpels erect ; styles slender.
Type locality : Monterey, Mexico. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- 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
