Cassia leptocarpa Benth.

  • Authority

    Isley, Duane. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (2): 1-228.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cassia leptocarpa Benth.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Glabrate or inconspicuously puberulent, malodorous, perennial herb or undershrub with clustered, mostly simple stems to 2 m. Leafstalk 8-20 cm, the petiole with a basal spheroid to short-cylindric gland; leaflets petioluled, 4-8 pairs, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3-5(-8) cm, 3.5-5 r, glabrous and subglaucous beneath or evidently strigose at least on nerves. Stipules narrowly subulate, usually deciduous. Flowers nodding in bud, in small axillary and(or) terminally exserted racemes; axes puberulent. Pedicels .8-1.5 cm; sepals unequal, elliptic, puberulent, the inner ca 8 mm; corolla yellow, 2.4-2.8 cm diam, nearly regular; fertile stamens rostrate, 7, 2 exceeding others; ovary strigose to infrequently villosulous. Legume dehiscent, linear, compressed-quadrangular, usually curved or sinuate, 2-3 dm long, 3-4 mm wide. Seeds numerous.

  • Distribution

    Se Arizona, possibly New Mexico. Mexico to Brazil.

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