Astragalus miser var. hylophilus |
Astragalus miser var. decumbens |
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woodlands weedy milkvetch, woody milkvetch |
prostrate milkvetch, reclining weedy milkvetch |
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Herbage | strigulose-pilosulous, hairs basifixed. |
strigulose, hairs obscurely malpighian, silvery-silky, ± straight. |
Stems | 1–15 cm. |
1–15(–22) cm. |
Leaves | (3–)4.5–19 cm; leaflets (9 or)11–21, blades narrowly to broadly elliptic, lanceolate, or lanceolate-oblong, (3–)5–26 mm, apex acute, obtuse, obtuse and apiculate, or, rarely, retuse, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
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. |
Racemes | (3–)6–16-flowered; axis (1–)1.5–7(–7.5) cm in fruit. |
(4–)7–17-flowered; axis 1–3(–4) cm in fruit. |
Flowers | calyx (3.8–)4–5.6 mm, tube 2.6–3.5 mm, lobes (0.9–)1–2.3 mm; corolla whitish, sometimes purple-veined; banner (5.2–)6.5–13 mm; keel (7.1–)8–10(–11.4) mm. |
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. |
Legumes | linear, linear-ellipsoid, or -oblanceoloid, (15–)18–25 × 2.5–4 mm, usually glabrous, rarely with few, scattered hairs. |
linear-oblong or -oblanceoloid, (12–)14–21 × 2.2–3.3 mm. |
Seeds | (6 or)7–11. |
12–18. |
Astragalus miser var. hylophilus |
Astragalus miser var. decumbens |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Meadows, banks, open parklands with lodgepole pine, Douglas-fir, and ponderosa pine. | Banks, hillsides, bluffs, ridge crests, with sagebrush, with limber pine and juniper. |
Elevation | 900–2900 m. (3000–9500 ft.) | 1100–2600 m. (3600–8500 ft.) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; SD; WY |
ID; MT; WY |
Discussion | Variety hylophilus occurs in the Rocky Mountains of western Wyoming and western Montana (and immediately adjoining Idaho), and the Black Hills of South Dakota. Variety hylophilus is sympatric, in part, with vars. crispatus, miser, and tenuifolius. Its distinction may be preserved by ecological isolation; of the four varieties it is the most mesic, whereas the others are more xerophytic (D. Isely 1998). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | Homalobus hylophilus | Homalobus decumbens |
Name authority | (Rydberg) Barneby: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 482. (1956) | (Nuttall) Cronquist: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 18. (1953) |
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