Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mimosa polydactyla H. & B.; Wilid. Sp. PI. 4: 1033. 1806
Suffruticose, up to 3 m. high, hirsute to glabrate, often setose, somewhat prickly. Pinnae 3-5 pairs, approximate or palmately clustered; leaflets 30-60 pairs, linear, 4-6 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide, glabrous, the margin appressed-setose ; peduncles about 1 cm. long, setose; flowers capitate, 4-parted; stamens 4; legume oblong, 1-1.5 cm, long, about 4 mm. wide, the valves and margin long-setose, few-jointed.
Type locality; Near San Carlos, Colombia. Distribution: Panama to Venezuela and Brazil.
- 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
