Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Hypopitys brevis Small, sp. nov
Plants apparently tawny, the stem finely pubescent, about 1 dm. tall, rather slender; leaves ovate, often broadly so, the blades of the upper ones less than 1 cm. long, the lower ones smaller than the upper; inflorescence congested, the bracts mostly shorter than the flowers; sepals oblong-cuneate, 5-7 mm. long, ciliate; petals cuneate, pubescent, ciliate; fllaments 4-5 mm. long; stigma funnelform; capsules not seen.
Type collected in Independence Valley, Cascade Mountains, Oregon, August, 1892, Moses Craig 5214, in part (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.). Distribution; Washington and Oregon.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
