Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Elaphrium confusum Rose, sp. nov
A small tree, glabrous throughout ; branches pale, the bark readily peeling off ; leaves clustered at the ends of short branches ; rachis narrow, slightly winged ; leaflets 5-9, narrowly lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, acute; flowers borne in numerous clusters, appearing with the young leaves ; calyx-lobes ovate, 1 mm. long ; petals 3.5-4 mm. long ; drupes more or less wrinkled, 5-6 mm. long; stone often nearly globose.
Type collected near Tapotla, Jalisco, May 27, 1893, C. G. Pringle 4372 (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 200701).
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
