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New Mexican kentrophyta, New Mexico spiny milkvetch

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jessie's kentrophyta, spiny milkvetch

Habit Plants decumbent and mat- or cushion-forming, or erect and bushy-branched basally, 4–30(–40) cm. Plants spreading or prostrate, loosely mat-forming, 5–35 cm wide.
Stems

and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.

and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.

Leaves

0.8–2.2 cm;

stipules uniform, connate to 1/2 their length, 1–1.5(–2.5) mm;

leaflets usually 5, blades 3–13 mm.

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

0.1–0.3 cm.

0.1–0.6 cm.

Flowers

4.8–5.2 mm;

calyx 2.4–3.3 mm, tube 1.8–2.1 mm, lobes subulate, spinulose, 0.7–1.5 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

obliquely ovoid, 3–4 × 1.8–2.4 mm.

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

Seeds

2 or 3.

2(or 3).

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Astragalus kentrophyta var. neomexicanus

Astragalus kentrophyta var. jessiae

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Bluffs, badlands, dunes, mixed desert shrub and pinyon-juniper communities. Bluffs, ridges, dunes, sandy sites.
Elevation 1600–2200 m. (5200–7200 ft.) 700–2400 m. (2300–7900 ft.)
Distribution
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NM
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from FNA
ID; OR; UT; WY
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Discussion

Variety neomexicanus is predominantly of the northwestern quarter of New Mexico, with outlying populations along the drainage of the Pecos River in De Baca and Chaves counties. Plants from the latter area have somewhat the habit of var. kentrophyta but the pungent leaflets and short calyx lobes of var. neomexicanus.

(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. douglasii, A. kentrophyta var. elatus, A. kentrophyta var. jessiae, A. kentrophyta var. kentrophyta, 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. tegetarius var. neomexicanus A. jessiae
Name authority (Barneby) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 154. (1951) (M. Peck) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 154. (1951)
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