Astragalus kentrophyta var. douglasii |
Astragalus kentrophyta var. jessiae |
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Douglas kentrophyta, Douglas' spiny milkvetch, spiny millk-vetch, thistle milk-vetch |
jessie's kentrophyta, spiny milkvetch |
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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 |
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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 |
OR; WA |
ID; OR; UT; WY |
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. |
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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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