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Astragalus mollissimus var. coryi
Photo is of parent taxon

Cory's woolly locoweed, woolly locoweed
Habit Plants usually shortly caulescent, sometimes subacaulescent.
Stems

2–25 cm, hairs spirally twisted, to 1.6–2.8 mm.
Leaves

(4–)6–20 cm;

stipules (5–)7–15 mm;

leaflets (11–)17–25(–29), blades usually obovate or oblong-oval, sometimes rhombic-obovate, 5–18 mm.
Racemes

densely 15–45-flowered;

axis 3.5–9 cm in fruit.
Peduncles

8–21 cm.
Flowers

calyx 10.5–14 mm, tube 7–8.7 × 3–4 mm, lobes (3.3–)3.7–5.5 mm;

corolla cream;

banner (14.4–)15–20.3 mm;

keel 12–17.4 mm.
Legumes

narrowly ovoid or oblong-ellipsoid, 10–17 × 4.5–7 mm, glabrous or sparsely hispidulous (distally);

beak unilocular.

Astragalus mollissimus var. coryi
Phenology Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Calcareous clay flats and depressions on rolling plains.
Elevation 500–1000 m. (1600–3300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
TX
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Variety coryi is locally abundant on the northwestern Edwards Plateau in Crockett, Howard, Irion, Martin, Reagan, Schleicher, Sterling, and Upton counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Mollissimi > Astragalus mollissimus
Sibling taxa
A. mollissimus var. bigelovii, A. mollissimus var. earlei, A. mollissimus var. marcidus, A. mollissimus var. matthewsii, A. mollissimus var. mogollonicus, A. mollissimus var. mollissimus, A. mollissimus var. thompsoniae
Synonyms A. argillophilus
Name authority Tidestrom: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 50: 21. (1937)
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