Astragalus mollissimus var. thompsoniae |
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii |
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Thompson's woolly locoweed, woolly locoweed |
Matthews woolly locoweed, woolly locoweed |
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Habit | Plants acaulescent, 6–45 cm, from caudex. | Plants acaulescent or subacaulescent. |
Stems | mostly obscured by stipules. |
to 1.5 cm, obscured by imbricate stipules. |
Leaves | 2–28 cm; stipules 4–13 mm; leaflets 15–35, blades obovate to suborbiculate or elliptic, 2–18 mm. |
(3–)5–12 cm; stipules (3–)4–8 mm; leaflets 11–23, blades obovate, 3–12 mm. |
Racemes | 7–25-flowered; axis 1.5–18 cm in fruit. |
(5–)7–12-flowered; axis (0.5–)1–4.5 cm in fruit, not or scarcely surpassing foliage. |
Peduncles | 2.5–24 cm. |
scapiform, (1.5–)2.5–8 cm. |
Flowers | calyx 11–15.5 mm, tube 7.7–13 mm, lobes 2–4.2 mm; corolla pink-purple; banner 18–25 mm; keel 15–18.5(–20.5) mm. |
calyx 10–13 mm, tube 7–8.6 × 3.4–4.7 mm, lobes 2.4–5.2 mm; corolla pale purple; banner 18.5–22.5 mm; keel 14.2–18 mm. |
Legumes | curved, ovoid, turgid, 11–23 × 6–11 mm, densely villous-tomentose; beak unilocular. |
gently or abruptly incurved distally, broadly ovoid, turgid, 12–18 × 7–13 mm, widest near obtuse or truncate base, densely villous-tomentose; beak bilocular. |
Seeds | 28–38. |
24–31. |
Astragalus mollissimus var. thompsoniae |
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun (Oct). | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Salt desert shrub, mixed desert shrub, grasslands, and pinyon-juniper communities, usually on sandy substrates. | Open slopes and hilltops, in ponderosa pine forests, along canyons to juniper-pinyon belt, on light, sandy or gravelly, sedimentary, granitic, or volcanic soils. |
Elevation | (700–)1100–2400 m. ((2300–)3600–7900 ft.) | 1900–2600 m. (6200–8500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; ID; NM; NV; UT |
AZ; NM |
Discussion | Variety thompsoniae is transitional with var. matthewsii in northwestern New Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Variety matthewsii is scattered and uncommon in Apache County in eastern Arizona and from Santa Fe to McKinley counties in the mountains of north-central and northwestern New Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | A. thompsoniae | A. matthewsii, A. bigelovii var. matthewsii |
Name authority | (S. Watson) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 747. (1964) — (as thompsonae) | (S. Watson) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 746. (1964) |
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