Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus
Astragalus kentrophyta var. ungulatus
spiny leaf milk vetch, tall kentrophyta, tall spiny milkvetch
spiny milkvetch, talon kentrophyta
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.
0.5–1.3 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.
0.1–0.6 cm.
0.1–0.4 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.
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.
narrowly ovoid-acuminate, (3.5–)4–7 × 1.5–2 mm.
obliquely lanceoloid-acuminate, 5–7.5 × 1.6–2 mm.
2–4.
2 or 3(or 4).
= 24.
= 24.
Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus
Astragalus kentrophyta var. ungulatus
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 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.
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