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loredo milkvetch, turkeypeas

Habit Plants hirsutulous, hairs 0.4–0.8 mm.
Stems

2–30 cm.

Leaves

1.5–4.5(–5) cm;

leaflets (7 or)9–17, blades narrowly cuneate to oblong, oval, or oblong-cuneate, apex retuse or deeply emarginate.

Racemes

1–4-flowered;

axis very short in fruit.

Peduncles

(0.2–)0.5–4.5 cm.

Flowers

calyx 3–4.6 mm, pilosulous, tube 1.6–2.7 mm, lobes 1.5–2.1 mm;

corolla banner (4–)4.9–6.7 mm;

keel apex triangular, slightly beaklike.

Legumes

13–18 × 2.6–3.2 mm, loosely strigulose.

Seeds

10–16.

Astragalus nuttallianus var. zapatanus

Phenology Flowering Feb–Mar.
Habitat Sandy, frequently disturbed sites.
Elevation 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Mexico (Tamaulipas)
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Discussion

Variety zapatanus occurs in the lower Rio Grande Valley from Laredo to the Gulf Coast and into northeastern Mexico.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Leptocarpi > Astragalus nuttallianus
Sibling taxa
A. nuttallianus var. austrinus, A. nuttallianus var. cedrosensis, A. nuttallianus var. imperfectus, A. nuttallianus var. macilentus, A. nuttallianus var. micranthiformis, A. nuttallianus var. nuttallianus, A. nuttallianus var. pleianthus, A. nuttallianus var. trichocarpus
Name authority Barneby: Field & Lab. 24: 36. (1956)
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