Astragalus miser var. decumbens |
Astragalus miser var. serotinus |
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prostrate milkvetch, reclining weedy milkvetch |
Cooper's weedy milkvetch, timber milk-vetch, weedy milk-vetch |
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Herbage | strigulose, hairs obscurely malpighian, silvery-silky, ± straight. |
strigulose, hairs basifixed. |
Stems | 1–15(–22) cm. |
10–35 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. |
4–15(–17.5) cm; leaflets (9 or)11–19(or 21), blades narrowly elliptic to linear or linear-oblanceolate, (2–)4–30(–40) mm, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
Racemes | (4–)7–17-flowered; axis 1–3(–4) cm in fruit. |
loosely (3–)6–16(–24)-flowered; axis (1.5–)2.5–14 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 3–4.2 mm, tube 2.3–3.1 mm, lobes 0.7–1.3 mm; corolla whitish or suffused or veined purple, keel pinkish lilac; banner 7–9.5 mm; keel 6–7.8(–8.4) mm. |
Legumes | linear-oblong or -oblanceoloid, (12–)14–21 × 2.2–3.3 mm. |
linear-oblong, 13–18(–21) × 2–2.8(–3.2) mm, glabrous or strigulose. |
Seeds | 12–18. |
7–10. |
2n | = 22. |
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Astragalus miser var. decumbens |
Astragalus miser var. serotinus |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Banks, hillsides, bluffs, ridge crests, with sagebrush, with limber pine and juniper. | Banks, flats, rocky or grassy slopes, glades in pine forests. |
Elevation | 1100–2600 m. (3600–8500 ft.) | 200–2000 m. (700–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; WY |
ID; MT; WA; AB; BC |
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 serotinus is known from the Columbia Basin in Washington, northward into British Columbia and Rocky Mountains of Alberta, and southward into northwestern Montana. D. Isely (1998) noted that var. serotinus is contiguous, and blends, with the purple-petaled var. miser. If origin is unknown, var. serotinus is often distinguished from var. hylophilus with difficulty. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | Homalobus decumbens | A. serotinus |
Name authority | (Nuttall) Cronquist: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 18. (1953) | (A. Gray) Barneby: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 481. (1956) |
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