Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Erythrostemon gilliesii (Hook.) Link, Klotsch & Otto, Ic. PI. 97. 184.^.
Poinciana Gilliesii Hook. Bot. Misc. 1; 129. 1829.
Caesalpinia Gilliesii Wallich; Hook. Bot. Misc. 1 : 129, as synonym. 1829.
Caesalpinia macrantha Delile, Ind. Sem. Hort. Monsp. 1838: 3. 1838.
A shrub, or a tree, 10 m. high or lower. Leaves 1-3 dm. long; pinnae 7-15; leaflets 7-10, oblong, 5-8 mm. long, glabrous, with a row of black glands on the under side near the margin; inflorescence 1-3 dm. long; pedicels 2-3 cm. long; calyx-lobes oblong, thin, pubescent, 2 cm. long; petals obovate, about 3 cm. long, pale yellow; filaments bright red, 10-12 cm. long; legume 6-8 cm. long, obliquely oblong-oblanceolate
Type locality: Near Rio Quarto. Argentina.
Distribution: Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, naturalized after cultivation. Native of Argentina and Chile.
- 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
