Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus
Astragalus kentrophyta var. coloradoensis
spiny leaf milk vetch, tall kentrophyta, tall spiny milkvetch
Canyonlands kentrophyta, Colorado spiny milkvetch
and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.
and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.
(0.8–)1–2.6 cm;
stipules dimorphic, those at proximal nodes connate with bidentate tip, those at distal nodes connate near base with spiny tips, 1–12 mm;
leaflets (3 or)5 or 7, blades (2–)5–15(–17) mm, surfaces usually pubescent, sometimes glabrous adaxially.
0.9–2.4 cm;
stipules 1–12 mm;
leaflets (3 or)5(or 7), blades 4–15 mm, surfaces pubescent.
0.1–0.6 cm.
0.2–0.6 cm.
4.8–6.2 mm;
calyx 3.4–4.4 mm, tube 1.8–2.3 mm, lobes subulate, spinulose, 1.5–2.4 mm;
corolla usually whitish or faintly veined or tinged purple, fading ochroleucous, rarely pink-purple.
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.
narrowly ovoid-acuminate, (3.5–)4–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
subsymmetrically ellipsoid, lanceoloid- or oblong-ellipsoid, (5–)7–10 × 2.8–4 mm.
2–4.
4–8.
= 24.
= 24.
Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus
Astragalus kentrophyta var. coloradoensis
Both erect and prostrate phases are known, which at maturity form ascending or sprawling tangles of untidy, branched stems with prickly leaves, hence an alternative common name of barb-wire kentrophyta. The prostrate phases, typically from upper-middle elevations, simulate var. tegetarius, which has basifixed hairs.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Variety coloradoensis is known from north-central Arizona and south-central Utah.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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