Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mimosopsis rhodocarpa Britton & Rose, sp. nov
A low shrub, with angled glabrous branches, somewhat prickly. Petioles 1-1.5 cm. long; pinnae 5 or 6 pairs; leaflets 6-10 pairs, oblong, 4—5 mm. long, obtuse, glabrous, thickish; peduncles 1-2 cm. long; flower-buds purplish; calyx and corolla glabrous; ovary white-lanate; legume purplish, 4 cm. long, 8-10 mm. wide, obtuse, unarmed, puberulent, becoming glabrous, eglandular.
Patamban, Michoacan, altitude 1950 to 2400 meters, January, 1903, Nelson 6550.
- 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
