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

Photo is of parent taxon

spiny milkvetch, talon kentrophyta

Habit Plants prostrate, densely mat-forming, becoming suffruticose. Plants prostrate, mat- or cushion-forming, 8–20 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.

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

subobsolete.

0.1–0.4 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 3.6–4.7 mm, tube 1.8–2.1 mm, lobes subulate, spinulose, 1.8–2.6 mm;

corolla whitish, keel tip purplish.

Legumes

lanceoloid, 5–5.5 × 2 mm.

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

Seeds

2.

2 or 3(or 4).

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Astragalus kentrophyta var. douglasii

Astragalus kentrophyta var. ungulatus

Phenology Flowering Jun. Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Sandy substrates. Calcareous gravel or gravelly clay knolls and hillsides with sagebrush.
Elevation 150–400 m. (500–1300 ft.) 1500–2200(–3000) m. (4900–7200(–9800) ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
OR; WA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA; NV
[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.)

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. 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. jessiae, A. kentrophyta var. kentrophyta, A. kentrophyta var. neomexicanus, A. kentrophyta var. tegetarius
Name authority Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 364. (1964) M. E. Jones: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 650. (1895)
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