Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Acuan velutinum (Scheele) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 158. 1891
Desmanthus relulinus Scheele, Linnaea 21 : 455. 1848.
Desmanthus pcduncutaris Buckl. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1861: 454. 1862.
Branched at the base, prostrate, ascending or nearly erect, 2-5 dm. long, the branches, petioles, leaf-rachis and peduncles densely short -v-illous. Stipules setiform, 3-5 mm. long; leaves 3-5 cm. long; petiole about 1 cm. long or shorter; pinnae 3-6 pairs, with a small orbicular gland between the lowest pair; leaflets linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, 2.5-4 mm. long, ciliate, the faint midvein somewhat excentric; peduncles very slender, 3-6 cm. long; heads severalmany -flowered; calyx puberulent ; stamens 10; legumes 2-8, linear, short-pointed, straight or slightly curved, 3-7 cm. long, about 3 mm. wide, subidate-tipped.
Type locality: Comal Creek near New Braunfels, Texas. Distribution: Texas; Coahuila.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
