Schrankia uncinata Willd.

  • Authority

    Isley, Duane. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily. Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (1): 1-152.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Schrankia uncinata Willd.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Stems to 3 m, trailing to scrambling in bushes or low trees, slender to filiform, often quadrangular, glabrous, armed with large, usually basally broadened prickles. Pinnae 3-5(-6) pairs, usually well separate on long rachis; leaflets 9-12 pairs, 2.5-5 mm, reticulate-nerved, scarcely cuspidate. Heads pinkish, 1.5-1.8 cm diam; flowering peduncles (1-) 1.5-2.5(-3.5) cm. Legume linear, 7-10(-12) cm, armed with few large prickles, conspicuously beaked.

  • Discussion

    S. floridana Chapm. Leptoglottis floridana (Chapm.) Small ex Britt. & Rose Some material of S. uncinata is difficult to separate from S. microphylla by any character save leaf venation and some appears intermediate. In general, the leaves of S. uncinata have fewer pinnae than those of typical of S. microphylla and usually have larger leaflets than its angustisiliqua phase.

  • Distribution

    C peninsular Florida, n to s Georgia. Pinelands, white-sand-scrub, open, turkey oak woodlands, sandy ruderal areas. Dec.-Sept.

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