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Douglas kentrophyta, Douglas' spiny milkvetch, spiny millk-vetch, thistle milk-vetch

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jessie's kentrophyta, spiny milkvetch

Habit Plants prostrate, densely mat-forming, becoming suffruticose. Plants spreading or prostrate, loosely mat-forming, 5–35 cm wide.
Stems

and herbage strigulose, hairs basifixed.

and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.

Leaves

1–1.7 cm;

stipules dimorphic, 2–5 mm;

leaflets 5(or 7), blades 5–12 mm, surfaces pubescent.

1–1.7 cm;

stipules dimorphic, those at proximal nodes connate into short, bidentate sheath, those at distal nodes longer, connate at base only, lanceolate or lanceolate-acuminate, often without spines, 1.5–7(–8) mm;

leaflets 5, blades 4–10 mm, surfaces pubescent.

Peduncles

subobsolete.

0.1–0.6 cm.

Flowers

5.8 mm;

calyx 4.7–5.2 mm, tube 2.2–2.4 mm, lobes subulate, spinulose, 2.3–3 mm;

corolla whitish.

5.2–6.5 mm;

calyx 3.6–5.1 mm, tube 1.6–2.5 mm, lobes subulate, spinulose, 1.9–3 mm;

corolla whitish, banner and keel tips sometimes faintly tinged pink or lilac.

Legumes

lanceoloid, 5–5.5 × 2 mm.

lenticular or ovoid-lenticular, 3–4.5 × 1.4–2 mm.

Seeds

2.

2(or 3).

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Astragalus kentrophyta var. douglasii

Astragalus kentrophyta var. jessiae

Phenology Flowering Jun. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Sandy substrates. Bluffs, ridges, dunes, sandy sites.
Elevation 150–400 m. (500–1300 ft.) 700–2400 m. (2300–7900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
OR; WA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
ID; OR; UT; WY
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Variety douglasii is known from only a few, vague historical records, probably taken near the present city of Walla Walla near the Great Bend of the Columbia River, and appears to be extinct.

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

The distribution of var. jessiae is bicentric: southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon, and northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming.

(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. coloradoensis, A. kentrophyta var. danaus, 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. kentrophyta, A. kentrophyta var. neomexicanus, A. kentrophyta var. tegetarius, A. kentrophyta var. ungulatus
Synonyms A. jessiae
Name authority Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 364. (1964) (M. Peck) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 154. (1951)
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