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common dwarf milkvetch, dwarf white milkvetch
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dwarf white milk vetch, two-seed milkvetch
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Plants (1.5–)3–35(–45) cm, sparsely strigose; taproot slender. |
usually erect or ascending, rarely diffuse, (2.5–)4–35(–45) cm. |
erect, ascending, diffuse, or prostrate, sparsely strigose. |
(0.8–) 1.5–7.5 cm; leaflets (9 or)11–17, blades 1.5–14 mm. |
(0.8–)1–7.5 cm; stipules (0.5–)1–5 mm, thinly herbaceous becoming papery-membranous; leaflets (7 or)9–17, blades linear-oblanceolate, -elliptic, oblanceolate, oblong-cuneate, or cuneate, 1.5–14 mm, apex deeply retuse, surfaces strigose abaxially, strigose, glabrate, or glabrous adaxially. |
(5–)7–25-flowered; axis 0.2–1.5(–2.2) cm. |
(5–)7–30-flowered, flowers erect or ascending, straight; axis 0.2–2(–2.2) cm in fruit, not elongating; bracts 0.6–3 mm; bracteoles 0. |
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erect or incurved-ascending, (0.5–)1–8 cm. |
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0.1–0.5(–0.6) mm. |
2.8–5.3(–6.1) mm; calyx tube 1.5–2.8 mm, lobes subulate, 0.8–1.4(–2) mm, hairs mostly black, sometimes also white; corolla keel abruptly incurved, 2.4–4.3(–4.5) mm, apex bluntly deltate. |
2.8–10 mm; calyx 2.5–5.7 mm, pilosulous or villosulous, tube 1.5–3.8 mm, lobes subulate to subulate-setaceous, 0.8–2.5 mm; corolla whitish and tinged lavender, or pink-purple with white or pale wing tips; keel 2.4–7.2 mm. |
(2–)2.3–3.4(–4) × 1.5–3 mm, strongly wrinkled transversely or diagonally, strigulose. |
erect or spreading, green or purple-tinged becoming brownish, straight, plumply ovoid or subglobose, somewhat laterally compressed, (2–)2.3–4 × 1.5–3 mm, thinly fleshy becoming stiffly papery, coarsely reticulate or ridged, strigulose, strigulose-hirsutulous, pilosulous, or glabrous; gynophore slender, 0–0.5 mm. |
= 24. |
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| Flowering Mar–May. |
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| Hillsides, plains, valley floors. |
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| 100–1600 m. (300–5200 ft.) |
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CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California) |
sw United States; nw Mexico
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Variety didymocarpus is the most widely dispersed form of the species, apparently having geographic contact with all of the other varieties and more or less blending with them. It occurs from the Sacramento Valley southward through the San Joaquin Valley, then nearer the coast (including the Channel Islands) to Baja California, with eastern populations in eastern Inyo County and adjacent Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 4 (4 in the flora). Astragalus didymocarpus has erect flowers and fruits, which contrast with the late anthesis nodding flowers and declined fruits of A. gambelianus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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1. Keel petals 2.4–4.5 mm. | → 2 |
2. Calyces: hairs mostly black, lobes 0.8–1.4(–2) mm, tubes 1.5–2.8 mm; stems usually erect or ascending, rarely diffuse; Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys s from Contra Costa County and s Coast Ranges, foothills of s California and Channel Islands to Baja California, e Inyo County and adjacent Nevada. | var. didymocarpus |
2. Calyces: hairs mostly white, lobes (1.3–)1.6–2.4 mm, tubes 1.7–2.3 mm; stems diffuse, weakly ascending, or prostrate; s Mojave and Colorado deserts, California and Nevada, to c, s Arizona and Mexico. | var. dispermus |
1. Keel petals (4.7–)5.3–7.2 mm. | → 3 |
3. Keel petals abruptly incurved, apex broadly rounded; coastal San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. | var. milesianus |
3. Keel petals incurved, apex narrowly triangular, acute or subacute, slightly beaklike; interior s California, Los Angeles County to Baja California. | var. obispensis |
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| FNA vol. 11. |
FNA vol. 11. |
| Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > Astragalus didymocarpus |
Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus |
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A. accidens, A. accumbens, A. ackermanii, A. acutirostris, A. adanus, A. aequalis, A. agnicidus, A. agrestis, A. albens, A. albulus, A. allochrous, A. alpinus, A. altus, A. alvordensis, A. amblytropis, A. americanus, A. amnis-amissi, A. amphioxys, A. ampullarioides, A. ampullarius, A. andersonii, A. anisus, A. anserinus, A. applegatei, A. aquilonius, A. aretioides, A. argophyllus, A. aridus, A. arizonicus, A. arrectus, A. arthurii, A. asclepiadoides, A. asotinensis, A. asymmetricus, A. atratus, A. atropubescens, A. atwoodii, A. austiniae, A. australis, A. barnebyi, A. barrii, A. beathii, A. beatleyae, A. beckwithii, A. bernardinus, A. bibullatus, A. bicristatus, A. bisulcatus, A. bodinii, A. bolanderi, A. bourgovii, A. brandegeei, A. brauntonii, A. brazoensis, A. breweri, A. californicus, A. callithrix, A. calycosus, A. camptopus, A. canadensis, A. caricinus, A. casei, A. castaneiformis, A. castetteri, A. ceramicus, A. cerussatus, A. chamaeleuce, A. chamaemeniscus, A. chinensis, A. chloödes, A. chuskanus, A. cibarius, A. cicer, A. cimae, A. claranus, A. clevelandii, A. cliffordii, A. cobrensis, A. coccineus, A. collinus, A. coltonii, A. columbianus, A. concordius, A. congdonii, A. conjunctus, A. consobrinus, A. contortuplicatus, A. convallarius, A. cottamii, A. crassicarpus, A. cremnophylax, A. cronquistii, A. crotalariae, A. curtipes, A. curvicarpus, A. cusickii, A. cutleri, A. cyaneus, A. cymboides, A. deanei, A. debequaeus, A. desereticus, A. desperatus, A. deterior, A. detritalis, A. diaphanus, A. distortus, A. diversifolius, A. douglasii, A. drabelliformis, A. drummondii, A. duchesnensis, A. eastwoodiae, A. egglestonii, A. emoryanus, A. endopterus, A. ensiformis, A. episcopus, A. equisolensis, A. eremiticus, A. ertterae, A. eucosmus, A. eurekensis, A. eurylobus, A. falcatus, A. feensis, A. filipes, A. flavus, A. flexuosus, A. fucatus, A. funereus, A. gambelianus, A. geyeri, A. gibbsii, A. giganteus, A. gilensis, A. gilmanii, A. gilviflorus, A. glycyphyllos, A. gracilis, A. grayi, A. gypsodes, A. hallii, A. hamiltonii, A. harrisonii, A. heilii, A. henrimontanensis, A. holmgreniorum, A. hoodianus, A. hornii, A. howellii, A. humillimus, A. humistratus, A. hyalinus, A. hypoxylus, A. inflexus, A. insularis, A. inversus, A. inyoensis, A. iodanthus, A. iodopetalus, A. iselyi, A. jaegerianus, A. jejunus, A. johannis-howellii, A. kelseyae, A. kentrophyta, A. kerrii, A. knightii, A. laccoliticus, A. lancearius, A. laxmannii, A. layneae, A. leibergii, A. lemmonii, A. lentiformis, A. lentiginosus, A. leptaleus, A. leptocarpus, A. leucolobus, A. limnocharis, A. lindheimeri, A. linifolius, A. loanus, A. lonchocarpus, A. lotiflorus, A. lutosus, A. lyallii, A. macrodon, A. magdalenae, A. malacoides, A. malacus, A. megacarpus, A. michauxii, A. microcymbus, A. microcystis, A. microlobium, A. micromerius, A. miguelensis, A. minthorniae, A. misellus, A. miser, A. missouriensis, A. moencoppensis, A. mohavensis, A. mollissimus, A. molybdenus, A. monoensis, A. montii, A. monumentalis, A. mulfordiae, A. multiflorus, A. musiniensis, A. naturitensis, A. neglectus, A. nelsonianus, A. neomexicanus, A. nevinii, A. newberryi, A. nidularius, A. nothoxys, A. nudisiliquus, A. nutans, A. nutriosensis, A. nuttallianus, A. nuttallii, A. nutzotinensis, A. nyensis, A. obcordatus, A. obscurus, A. oniciformis, A. oocalycis, A. oocarpus, A. oophorus, A. oreganus, A. osterhoutii, A. oxyphysus, A. pachypus, A. palmeri, A. panamintensis, A. pardalinus, A. parryi, A. pattersonii, A. pauperculus, A. paysonii, A. peckii, A. pectinatus, A. perianus, A. phoenix, A. pictiformis, A. pinonis, A. piscator, A. piutensis, A. plattensis, A. platytropis, A. polaris, A. pomonensis, A. porrectus, A. praelongus, A. preussii, A. proimanthus, A. proximus, A. pseudiodanthus, A. pterocarpus, A. pubentissimus, A. pulsiferae, A. puniceus, A. purshii, A. pycnostachyus, A. racemosus, A. rafaelensis, A. rattanii, A. ravenii, A. recurvus, A. reflexus, A. remotus, A. reventiformis, A. reventus, A. riparius, A. ripleyi, A. robbinsii, A. rusbyi, A. sabulonum, A. sabulosus, A. salmonis, A. saurinus, A. scaphoides, A. schmolliae, A. sclerocarpus, A. scopulorum, A. sepultipes, A. serenoi, A. sericoleucus, A. serpens, A. sesquiflorus, A. sheldonii, A. shevockii, A. shortianus, A. siliceus, A. simplicifolius, A. sinuatus, A. solitarius, A. sophoroides, A. soxmaniorum, A. spaldingii, A. sparsiflorus, A. spatulatus, A. speirocarpus, A. straturensis, A. striatiflorus, A. subcinereus, A. subvestitus, A. succumbens, A. tegetarioides, A. tener, A. tennesseensis, A. tephrodes, A. terminalis, A. tetrapterus, A. thurberi, A. tibetanus, A. tidestromii, A. tiehmii, A. titanophilus, A. toanus, A. toquimanus, A. tortipes, A. traskiae, A. tricarinatus, A. trichopodus, A. tridactylicus, A. troglodytus, A. tweedyi, A. tyghensis, A. umbellatus, A. umbraticus, A. uncialis, A. utahensis, A. vaccarum, A. vallaris, A. vexilliflexus, A. villosus, A. wardii, A. waterfallii, A. webberi, A. welshii, A. wetherillii, A. whitneyi, A. williamsii, A. wingatanus, A. wittmannii, A. woodruffii, A. wootonii, A. wrightii, A. xiphoides, A. yoderwilliamsii, A. zionis |
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| A. catalinensis, A. didymocarpus var. daleoides |
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| unknown |
Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 334, plate 81. (1838) |
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