Stylosanthes viscosa (L.) Sw.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Viscid-pubescent, usually much-branched, 1.5-3 dm. high the branches spreading or ascending. Stipules adnate to the petioles, their tips free, subulate; leaflets elliptic or oblong-elliptic, pubescent and ciliate, pinnately veined, acute and mucronate; flowers few, in short dense bracted spikes, the bracts villous and ciliate; loment 1-2-jointed, tipped by the hooked style-base.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands, New Providence : Cuba ; Jamaica. Viscid Pencil-flower.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Jamaica South America|