Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mascagnia lilacina (S. Wats.) Niedzu. ex E. & P. Nat
Pfl. 3 4 : 56. 1890. Hiraea lilacina S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17 : 333. 1882.
Leaf-blades ovate to lanceolate, mostly 2.5-4 cm. long, acute or mucronate, ultimately glabrous above, sparingly pubescent beneath, paler-green beneath than above, rounded or cordate at the base, slender-petioled ; sepals oblong to oblong-ovate, about 3 mm. long, glabrous, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; petals blue or lilac, 8-10 mm. long, with erose-undulate blades; samaras suborbicular or reniform, 2-2.5 cm. wide, undulate, the dorsal wing prominent.
Type locality: Caracol Mountains, south of Monclova, Coahuila. Distribution : Coahuila.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
