Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Lenophyllum weinbergii Britton, Smithson. Misc. Coll. 47 : 160. 1904
Glabrous, pale-green. Plants flowering from cuttings at the height of 5 cm., and in that stage unbranched ; lower leaves rhombic-obovate, very fleshy, trough-shaped, about 1.5 cm, long and 1-1.5 cm. wide, narrowed but blunt at the apex, cuneate-narrowed at
1. Z,. guttatum..
2. Z,. Weinbergii. the base, opposite, ascending, the upper pair much smaller; bracts 3 mm. long or l^ss ; sepals distinct, spatulate-oblanceolate, obtuse, narrowed below, 3-4 mm. long, obtuse; petals oblanceolate, obtusish, yellow, a little longer than the sepals, erect with reflexed tips ; stamens a little shorter than the petals ; young carpels erect, the styles subulate.
Type locality : Coahuila, 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