Mecardonia procumbens
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Scrophulariaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Glabrous, usually branched from the base, the branches decumbent or suberect, 1.5-4 dm. long. Leaves ovate or oval, 1-2 cm. long, serrate, short petioled, darkening in drying; peduncles slender, as long as the leaves or longer, sometimes 3 times as long; upper sepal at length 810 mm. long; corolla white or pink, about 10 mm. long; capsule oblong, 6-10 mm. long.
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Distribution
Sandy coppices and clearings, Great Bahama : Florida ; Cuba to St. Croix ; Antigua ; Grenada to Trinidad ; Jamaica ; continental tropical America.
Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Antigua and Barbuda South America| Grenada South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America|