Cliffortia filicauloides Weim.

Fruticulus erectus. Rami et ramuli primo canescenti-murino-pilosi deinde glabrescentes; ramuli abbreviati 10-20(-50) mm longi. Folia 3-foliolata; vagina amplectens, marginibus connatis, extus murino-pilosa, stipulis persistentibus 1.5-2 mm longis acutis ciliatis; petiolus communis 1-1.5 mm longus ± recurvatus rigidus tenuiter pilosus; foliolum medium cuneatum-obcordato-cuneatum 4-5 mm longum 2.5-4 mm latum apice trilobato-dentatum, dentibus obtusis-subacutis, supra viride subtus canescenti-viride utrinque parce pilosum-glabrescens ciliatum; foliola lateralia oblonga-oblongo-lanceolata 3-5 mm longa 1-2 mm lata integerrima ceterum ut foliolum medium figurata. Flores [male] ignoti. Flores [female] sessiles; bracteolae scariosae 2.5-3 mm longae amplectentes acutae longe ciliatae et nervo mediano pilosae; receptaculum (immaturum!) 1.5 mm longum complanatum utrinque leviter 1-sulcatum glabrum; sepala 4 c. 2 mm longa libera vel ad 2/3 longitudinis cohaerentia apicibus subacutis extus dense pilosis; stigmata 2 e receptaculo ad 5 mm prominentia rubra: achenia 2 oblongo-fusiformia.