Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Elaphrium subtrifoliatum Rose
Terebinths sublrifoliala Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 122. 1906.
A low shrub, glabrous throughout ; branches dark ; leaves simple or trifoliolate, cuneate at base, rounded at apex, crenate, glabrous on both sides, 25 mm. long or less ; flowers 1-3 in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels short, 2-3 mm. long, reflexed in fruit ; drupes somewhat 3-angled, glabrous, 3 mm. long.
Type locality : West of Bolafios, Jalisco. Distribution : Hot valleys of Jalisco.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY