Varronia longipedunculata Britton & P.Wilson
-
Authority
Contributions from The New York Botanical Garden: Volume X 1921-1923.
-
Family
Boraginaceae
-
Scientific Name
-
Description
Species Description - A shrub with slender branches, the young twigs puberulent. Leaves elliptic or oblong, chartaceous, 7 cm. long or less, scabrate above, puberulent on the veins beneath, entire or sparingly repand, the apex obtuse or acute, the base mostly narrowed, the puberulent petioles 6-12 mm. long; peduncles solitary, slender, puberulent, longer than the leaves; flowers several in a terminal globose head about 1.5 cm. in diameter; calyx-lobes triangular, 1.5 mm. long, acute; corolla-lobes broadly obovate, 7.5 mm. long, 4.5 mm. broad.
-
Distribution
Sierra Maestra, Oriente (Leon 10064).
Cuba South America|