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Canyonlands kentrophyta, Colorado spiny milkvetch

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spiny milkvetch, talon kentrophyta

Habit Plants loosely mat- or clump-forming, low, to 12 cm. Plants prostrate, mat- or cushion-forming, 8–20 cm wide.
Stems

and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.

and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.

Leaves

0.9–2.4 cm;

stipules 1–12 mm;

leaflets (3 or)5(or 7), blades 4–15 mm, surfaces pubescent.

0.5–1.3 cm;

stipules dimorphic, those at proximal nodes connate, those at distal nodes free and ± spine-tipped, 1.5–4 mm;

leaflets (3 or)5, blades 3–9 mm.

Peduncles

0.2–0.6 cm.

0.1–0.4 cm.

Flowers

7.3–10 mm;

calyx 6–8.3 mm, tube 2.4–3.3 mm, lobes subulate, spinulose, 3.4–5 mm;

corolla pink-purple.

5.2–6.5 mm;

calyx 3.6–4.7 mm, tube 1.8–2.1 mm, lobes subulate, spinulose, 1.8–2.6 mm;

corolla whitish, keel tip purplish.

Legumes

subsymmetrically ellipsoid, lanceoloid- or oblong-ellipsoid, (5–)7–10 × 2.8–4 mm.

obliquely lanceoloid-acuminate, 5–7.5 × 1.6–2 mm.

Seeds

4–8.

2 or 3(or 4).

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Astragalus kentrophyta var. coloradoensis

Astragalus kentrophyta var. ungulatus

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Sandy wash bottoms, sandy pockets on sandstone rimrock, in mixed desert shrub communities. Calcareous gravel or gravelly clay knolls and hillsides with sagebrush.
Elevation 900–1700 m. (3000–5600 ft.) 1500–2200(–3000) m. (4900–7200(–9800) ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; UT
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from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Variety coloradoensis is known from north-central Arizona and south-central Utah.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Variety ungulatus contributes to the peculiar pseudo-alpine, mound- and cushion-forming vegetation on the knolls and valley floors and foothills in the high valleys of central and northeastern Nevada and Mono County, California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Ervoidei > Astragalus kentrophyta Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Ervoidei > Astragalus kentrophyta
Sibling taxa
A. kentrophyta var. danaus, A. kentrophyta var. douglasii, A. kentrophyta var. elatus, A. kentrophyta var. jessiae, A. kentrophyta var. kentrophyta, A. kentrophyta var. neomexicanus, A. kentrophyta var. tegetarius, A. kentrophyta var. ungulatus
A. kentrophyta var. coloradoensis, A. kentrophyta var. danaus, A. kentrophyta var. douglasii, A. kentrophyta var. elatus, A. kentrophyta var. jessiae, A. kentrophyta var. kentrophyta, A. kentrophyta var. neomexicanus, A. kentrophyta var. tegetarius
Name authority M. E. Jones: Contr. W. Bot. 10: 63. (1902) M. E. Jones: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 650. (1895)
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