Cnidoscolus angustidens Torr.

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Cnidoscolus angustidens Torr.

  • Primary Citation

  • Type Specimens

    Specimen 1: Syntype -- G. Thurber 1100

  • Common Names

    mala mujer

  • Description

    Latin diagnosis: Cnidoscolus angustidens (n. sp.): herbaceus, pilis urentibus hispidus; foliis ad mediam 3-5-lobatis, lobis grosse inciso-dentatis, dentibus angustis elongatis acutisimis macronato-setaceis; floribus cymosis, centrali foeminei; calycis laciniis tubo subaquantibus.

    Additional text from protologue: Santa Cruz, &c., Sonora; Thurber, Schott. (No. 1809, Wright.) Plant one to two feet high, more or less hispid with stinging hairs. Leaves remarkable for the long narrow salient teeth, which terminate in a rigid bristle; the lamina sometimes nearly smooth, but the petiole always hispid. Flowers as large as in C. stimulosus, but the tube of the petaloid calyx much shorter. Stamens 10; the filaments monadelphous about half their length, in two series of five each; the interior about one-third longer than exterior. At the base of the column are five small sessile glands.

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