Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Chamaecrista flexuosa (L.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 27. 1899
Cassia flexuosal^.Sp. PI. 379. 1753.
Chamaecrista amplistipulala Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 267. 1909.
Cassia picachensis Brand. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 180. 1915.
Shrubby; stems erect, ascending or trailing, flc.vuous, glabrous, puberulent, rarely pubescent, slender, about 6 dm. long, or shorter. Stipules ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acumi nate, semicordate, strongly several-nerved, 4—16 mm. long; petiole bearing 1 or 2 sessile, orbicular glands; leaflets 15-50 pairs, linear, coriaceous, glabrous, or rarely pubescent, obtuse or acutish, 2-4-nerved, 4-8 mm. long; pedicels 1-2.5 cm. long, minutely bracteolate above, glabrous, rarely pilose; sepals membranous, glabrous or pubescent, acute, 8-10 mm. long; larger petals 14-17 mm. long; legume linear, 3-6 cm. long, about 5 mm. wide, glabrous or finely pubescent.
Tvpi! uocAMTv: Brazil.
Distribution: Cuba; Jalisco and Oaxaca to Panama. Colombia, Dutch Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay
- 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
