Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Palmerocassia unijuga (Rose) Brittoii
Cassia unijuga Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 5: 195. 1899.
A shrub, 3-10 dm. high, the young branches densely villous. Stipules filiform, 4-6 mm. long, persistent; petioles only 1-3 mm. long; leaflets 1 pair (rarely 2 pairs), 6-10 mm. long, orbicular or obovate, rounded or somewhat cuneate at base, the apex rounded, rctuse or subtruncate, both surfaces appressed-pubescent; inflorescence racemose, axillary, few-flowered; pedicels 8-12 mm. long; sepals oblong to orbicular, unequal, 8-12 mm. long; petals 1.5-2 cm. long; legume 1-1.3 dm. long, 6 mm. wide, stipitate, glabrous.
Type locality: Tehuacan, Puebla. Distribution: Puebla.
- 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
