Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mimosa teledactyla Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 56: 57. 1913
Suffruticose, the stems about 1 m. long or shorter, densely covered with long, spreading, weak bristles. Leaves large; petiole and rachis with numerous refle.ed prickles and a few bristles; pinnae 3 pairs; leaflets 8-10 pairs, oblong, 8-12 mm. long, obtuse, 3-nerved at base, glabrous, the margin appressed-setose; peduncles axillary, setose, 2-3 cm. long; flowers capitate, tetramerous, purple.
Type locality: Santa Rosa, Guatemala. Distribution; Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
