Stylosanthes viscosa (L.) Sw.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Stylosanthes viscosa (L.) Sw.

  • Description

    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.

  • Distribution

    Scrub-lands, New Providence : Cuba ; Jamaica. Viscid Pencil-flower.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Jamaica South America|