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Schott's Stickpea

Zapoteca formosa subsp. schottii (S. Watson) H. M. Hern.

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Anneslia schottii (Torr.) Britton & Rose
CaUiandra Schottii Torr.; S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 364. 1885.
A small shrub, glabrous or pubescent, the branches slender. Stipules lanceolate to ovate, 2-4 mm. long, striate; pinnae 1-3 pairs; leaflets 4-7 pairs, oblong to elliptic, obtuse, 6-10 mm. long; upper leaves sometimes reduced to stipules; peduncles 2-7 cm. long; calyx about 1 mm. long; corolla 2-3 mm. long; stamens about 15 mm. long, white, their tube very short; legume 4 cm. long, glabrous.
Type locality: Arroyo de los Samotas. Sierra Verde, Sonora. Distribution: Sonora, Chihuahua, and southern Arizona.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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