Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Altamiranoa chihuahuensis (S. Wats.) Rose, Bull. N. Y
Bot. Gard, 3: Z3. 1903.
Sedum chihuahuense S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 23 : 273. 1888.
Described as annual but producing small tubers, simple below, branching above, 7-15 cm. tall. Leaves sessile, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 2-3 mm. long ; corolla-segments white, united at base, oblanceolate, 4 mm. long ; carpels divergent above.
Type locality : Rocky ledges, Sierra Madre of Chihuahua, Mexico. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- 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
