Seymeria pectinata

Pursh

Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 737. 1813.

Common names: Comb seymeria combleaf senna
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Afzelia pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 564. Mentioned on page 561, 563.

Stems pubescent to villous, eglandular. Leaves: blade margins pinnatifid to 2-pinnatifid, pinnules lanceolate, surfaces not scabrid. Pedicels 3–5 mm. Flowers: calyx lobes lanceolate; corolla yellow, sometimes with maroon spots on adaxial lobes, externally pubescent, internally pubescent between lobes and in a ring at stamen insertion; filaments tomentose to lanate distally, anthers dehiscing to 1/4 length. Capsules symmetric, pyriform, glabrescent to densely tomentose. Seeds irregularly shaped, wings present. 2n = 26.

Distribution

Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C.

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Stems pubescent to villous; capsules densely tomentose. Seymeria pectinata subsp. pectinata
1 Stems pubescent to puberulous; capsules glabrescent to pubescent. Seymeria pectinata subsp. peninsularis