Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Villadia squamulosa (S. Wats.) Rose, Bull. N. Y
Bot. Gard. 3: 5. 1903.
Cotyledon parviflora squamulosa S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 22 : 473. 1887. Sedum. squamulosum S. Wats. loc. cit. as synonym.
Perennial, glabrous throughout. Stems slender, branching at base, erect or ascending, 1-1.5 dm. long; leaves linear, 1-1.5 cm. long; flowers sessile or short-pedicelled, either single and axillary, or in small clusters ; corollasegments rose-colored, ovate, acute, 2-3 mm. long, about twice as long as the sepals ; appendages very large, yellow, 1 mm. long or more, thickened above.
Type locality : Potrero and Mapula Mountains, twenty miles south of Chihuahua, Mexico. Distribution : Chihuahua.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, George Valentine Nash, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose, Per Axel Rydber. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
