Astragalus miser var. serotinus |
Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius |
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Cooper's weedy milkvetch, timber milk-vetch, weedy milk-vetch |
Baker's weedy milkvetch, timber milkvetch |
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Herbage | strigulose, hairs basifixed. |
strigulose-pilosulous, hairs basifixed. |
Stems | 10–35 cm. |
(1–)2–20(–24) cm. |
Leaves | 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. |
(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 | loosely (3–)6–16(–24)-flowered; axis (1.5–)2.5–14 cm in fruit. |
3–15(–20)-flowered; axis (1–)1.5—10 cm in fruit. |
Flowers | 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. |
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, 13–18(–21) × 2–2.8(–3.2) mm, glabrous or strigulose. |
oblanceoloid, (12–)15–25 × (1.2–)2.3–4 mm, strigulose. |
Seeds | 7–10. |
13–19. |
2n | = 22. |
= 22. |
Astragalus miser var. serotinus |
Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering late May–Aug. |
Habitat | Banks, flats, rocky or grassy slopes, glades in pine forests. | Sagebrush, oak, aspen, and spruce-fir or pine communities. |
Elevation | 200–2000 m. (700–6600 ft.) | 1600–3500 m. (5200–11500 ft.) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; WA; AB; BC |
AZ; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY |
Discussion | 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.) |
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 | A. serotinus | Homalobus oblongifolius |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 481. (1956) | (Rydberg) Cronquist: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 18. (1953) |
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