Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Villadia cucullata Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3:4. 1903
Perennial from very fleshy tuberous roots ; stems strict, 1-3 dm. high, glabrous, reddish, in herbarium specimens spotted ; leaves numerous, ascending, nearly terete, acuminate, 2-2.5 cm. long, glabrous, projecting backward at base; inflorescence an interrupted spike becoming 10-15 cm. long in fruit ; flowers subtended by small ovate bracts ; sepals ovate, green, 2 cm. long, distinct; corolla reddish or orange -colored, 3 mm. long; tube 1 mm. long ; lobes cucullate, denticulate on the margin. The peculiar tapering leaves, orangecolored corolla .and hooded petals are the striking characteristics of this very interesting species.
Type locality : Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. K
DISTRIBUTION" : Type locality and vicinity.
- 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
