Astragalus miser var. decumbens |
Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius |
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prostrate milkvetch, reclining weedy milkvetch |
Baker's weedy milkvetch, timber milkvetch |
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Herbage | strigulose, hairs obscurely malpighian, silvery-silky, ± straight. |
strigulose-pilosulous, hairs basifixed. |
Stems | 1–15(–22) cm. |
(1–)2–20(–24) cm. |
Leaves | 1.5–9(–12) cm; leaflets (7 or)9–15(or 17), blades narrowly elliptic to oval-lanceolate, leaflets subtending racemes more broadly elliptic or oblanceolate, (2–)4–16(–20) mm, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces pubescent; terminal leaflet decurrent or jointed. |
(2–)4–20 cm; leaflets (9 or)11–19(or 21), blades linear, narrowly oblong, or elliptic to broadly oblong or oval-elliptic, (3–)5–30(–42) mm, apex mostly acute, surfaces glabrous or glabrescent adaxially. |
Racemes | (4–)7–17-flowered; axis 1–3(–4) cm in fruit. |
3–15(–20)-flowered; axis (1–)1.5—10 cm in fruit. |
Flowers | calyx 2.8–4.3 mm, tube 1.8–2.5 mm, lobes 0.9–1.9 mm; corolla usually pink-purple, purplish, bluish, or dull purple, sometimes pallid or whitish, except maculate keel; banner 6.9–9.6 mm; keel 6.2–7.8 mm. |
calyx (2.8–)3.4–5.2 mm, tube 2.2–2.9 mm, lobes (0.8–)1–1.2 mm; corolla whitish or suffused or lined with purple; banner (5.9–)6.5–9.5(–10.2) mm; keel 6.1–8.4 mm. |
Legumes | linear-oblong or -oblanceoloid, (12–)14–21 × 2.2–3.3 mm. |
oblanceoloid, (12–)15–25 × (1.2–)2.3–4 mm, strigulose. |
Seeds | 12–18. |
13–19. |
2n | = 22. |
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Astragalus miser var. decumbens |
Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering late May–Aug. |
Habitat | Banks, hillsides, bluffs, ridge crests, with sagebrush, with limber pine and juniper. | Sagebrush, oak, aspen, and spruce-fir or pine communities. |
Elevation | 1100–2600 m. (3600–8500 ft.) | 1600–3500 m. (5200–11500 ft.) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; WY |
AZ; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY |
Discussion | Variety decumbens occurs from southern Montana on the Yellowstone River, southward (mostly eastward of the Continental Divide except on upper Green River) to central Wyoming. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Variety oblongifolius occurs in the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Wyoming, westward across the Colorado Basin to eastern Nevada, montane Utah, central Arizona, and northwestern New Mexico. Variety oblongifolius forms extensive carpets in the forests of Colorado and Utah, where it is the only representative of the species. The New Mexico record likely represents a recent introduction (K. D. Heil and S. L. O’Kane 2007). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | Homalobus decumbens | Homalobus oblongifolius |
Name authority | (Nuttall) Cronquist: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 18. (1953) | (Rydberg) Cronquist: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 18. (1953) |
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