Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Bowlesia palmata R. & P. Fl. Per.
Plants procumbent, dichotomously branched, 1.5-12 dm. long, stellateto Pilous-pubescent throughout; leaves rounded-deltoid in general outline, excluding the petioles 8-35 mm. long, 6-35 mm. broad, palmately 5-lobed, the lobes apiculate, entire to dentate, stellatepubescent to villous, especially on the veins beneath, ciliate on the margins; petioles 1-5 cm. long; peduncles 1—10 mm. long, shorter than the leaves; umbels 2-3-flowered; fruit sessile or subsessile, oblong, narrowed toward the apex, 2—4 mm. long, about 2 mm. broad, stellatepubescent to glabrate, more or less glochidiate along the ribs.
Type locality: "Prov. Chancay ad Torreblanca, Pasamayo et Jequan," Peru. Ruiz fr" Pavon. Distribution: Chihuahua and Mexico; South America. (Pringle 1248. Purpus 1700.)
- bibliographic citation
- Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
