Astragalus kentrophyta var. ungulatus
Astragalus kentrophyta var. danaus
spiny milkvetch, talon kentrophyta
Mount Dana kentrophyta, spiny milkvetch, Sweetwater Mountains. milk vetch
and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.
and herbage strigulose, hairs basifixed.
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.
0.4–1.5(–2) cm;
stipules somewhat dimorphic, 2–7 mm;
leaflets 3(–7), blades 3–7 mm.
0.1–0.4 cm.
0.2–0.6 cm.
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.
4–5.6 mm;
calyx 2.4–3.2 mm, tube 1.6–1.9 mm, lobes subulate to setaceous, 0.8–1.3 mm;
corolla purple or whitish and keel purple.
obliquely lanceoloid-acuminate, 5–7.5 × 1.6–2 mm.
subsymmetrically lenticular, 3.5–5 × 2–2.5 mm.
2 or 3(or 4).
5–8.
= 24.
= 24.
Astragalus kentrophyta var. ungulatus
Astragalus kentrophyta var. danaus
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.)
Variety danaus is restricted to high elevations in the southern Sierra Nevada.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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