Salmea petrobioides Griseb.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Salmea petrobioides Griseb.

  • Description

    Species Description - A much-branched shrub, 2 m. high or less, the twigs slender, erect-ascending, glabrous. Leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, 2-5 cm. long, 8-25 mm. wide, rounded or apiculate at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, fleshy, the midvein prominent, the lateral veins obscure, the petioles 1.5-3 mm. long; heads numerous, in terminal compound, nearly flat-topped corymbs; involucre glutinous, narrowly campanulate, about 4 mm. high, its bracts in 2 series, oblong to oval, obtuse, the outer much smaller than the inner; receptacle acute; achenes oblong, glabrous except at the apex.

  • Distribution

    Coastal rocks, white-lauds, sand-dunes and coppices, throughout the archipelago from Abaco, Great Bahama and the Biminis to Cat Island, Long Island and Grand Caicos : Cuban Cays ; Cayman Islands. Bushy Salmea. Shanks. Catesby, 1 : pi. 72.

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