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Astragalus limnocharis var. tabulaeus

Astragalus sect. Jejuni
Photo is of parent taxon

table cliff milkvetch
Habit Plants usually soboliferous. Herbs perennial, dwarf, subacaulescent or acaulescent; caudex superficial or subterranean.
Stems

obsolete or clustered.
Leaves

odd-pinnate, petiolate;

leaflets 5–15(or 17), terminal leaflet confluent or jointed.
Racemes

loosely flowered, flowers ascending, spreading, or declined.
Corollas

pink-purple.

pink-purple, ochroleucous, or white, banner recurved through 50–70°, keel apex strongly incurved, obtuse.
Calyx

tubes campanulate.
Legumes

deciduous, sessile, spreading, obovoid or subglobose, bladdery-inflated, unilocular.
Seeds

10–14.
Hairs

basifixed.
Stipules

connate.

Astragalus limnocharis var. tabulaeus

Astragalus sect. Jejuni
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Western bristlecone pine-Douglas-fir communities.
Elevation 2900–3200 m. (9500–10500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
w United States
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.)

Species 3 (3 in the flora).

Section Jejuni comprises species distributed in Idaho, Colorado, east-central Nevada to south-central 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. Jejuni > Astragalus limnocharis Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus
Sibling taxa
A. limnocharis var. limnocharis
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms A. subg. m.
Name authority S. L. Welsh: Great Basin Naturalist 46: 261. (1986) (M. E. Jones) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 379. (1964)
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