Flora of North America species comparison

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Astragalus limnocharis var. tabulaeus

Astragalus limnocharis var. limnocharis
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table cliff milkvetch
Photo is of parent taxon

Cedar Breaks milkvetch
Habit Plants usually soboliferous. Plants usually not soboliferous.
Corollas

pink-purple.

ochroleucous.

Astragalus limnocharis var. tabulaeus

Astragalus limnocharis var. limnocharis
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Western bristlecone pine-Douglas-fir communities. Lake­shores, limestone breaks, ridge crests and slopes with western bristlecone pine.
Elevation 2900–3200 m. (9500–10500 ft.) 2700–3100 m. (8900–10200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
from FNA
UT
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Discussion

Variety tabulaeus is restricted to the Table Cliff Plateau, Horse Creek Top vicinity in Garfield County. R. C. Barneby (1989) placed it in synonymy with Astragalus limnocharis var. montii (treated here as A. montii), but it differs in having smaller, concolorous flowers.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

The specific epithet refers to lake beauty, alluding to the habitat of var. limnocharis on the shore of Navajo Lake in Iron County; it is known also from limestone breaks only a few kilometers southeast in Kane County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Jejuni > Astragalus limnocharis Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Jejuni > Astragalus limnocharis
Sibling taxa
A. limnocharis var. limnocharis
A. limnocharis var. tabulaeus
Name authority S. L. Welsh: Great Basin Naturalist 46: 261. (1986) unknown
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