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spiny milkvetch, talon kentrophyta

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jessie's kentrophyta, spiny milkvetch

Habit Plants prostrate, mat- or cushion-forming, 8–20 cm wide. Plants spreading or prostrate, loosely mat-forming, 5–35 cm wide.
Stems

and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.

and herbage strigulose, hairs malpighian.

Leaves

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.

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

0.1–0.4 cm.

0.1–0.6 cm.

Flowers

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.

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

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

Seeds

2 or 3(or 4).

2(or 3).

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Astragalus kentrophyta var. ungulatus

Astragalus kentrophyta var. jessiae

Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Calcareous gravel or gravelly clay knolls and hillsides with sagebrush. Bluffs, ridges, dunes, sandy sites.
Elevation 1500–2200(–3000) m. (4900–7200(–9800) ft.) 700–2400 m. (2300–7900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
ID; OR; UT; WY
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

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.)

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. neomexicanus, A. kentrophyta var. tegetarius
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. jessiae
Name authority M. E. Jones: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 650. (1895) (M. Peck) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 154. (1951)
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