Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Goldmania platycarpa Rose; M. Micheli, Mliti. Soc. Geneve 34: 274. 1903.
Piptadenia platvcarpa Macbride, Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 18. 1919.
Goldmania foetida Standley. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 23; 354. excl. syn. 1922.
A shrub or small tree, up to 12 m. high, the twigs at first puberulent but soon glabrate. Stipules minute, caducous; petiole and rachis puberulent, bearing a gland between the pinnae; pinnae 1-3 pairs; leaflets 1 pair or sometimes 2 pairs, suborbicular to cuneate-obovate, 1-3 cm. broad, glabrous or nearly so, pale beneath, pinnately veined; spikes 1-2 cm. long; caly. and corolla puberulent; legume oblong, 6-7 cm. long, 1-1.5 ctn. broad, cuneate at base, puberulent; seeds 6-7 mm. broad.
Type locality: Culiacan, Sinaloa. Distribution: Sinaloa to Puebla.
- 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
