Astragalus nuttallianus var. zapatanus |
Astragalus nuttallianus var. micranthiformis |
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loredo milkvetch, turkeypeas |
Montezuma milkvetch, turkeypeas |
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Habit | Plants hirsutulous, hairs 0.4–0.8 mm. | Plants sparsely pilosulous, hairs to 0.7(–0.8) mm. |
Stems | 2–30 cm. |
3–25(–39) 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. |
1.5–4.5(–6.5) cm; leaflets (7 or)9–15(or 17), blades proximally obovate, oblong, or obcordate, distally oblanceolate, elliptic, or linear-oblong, apex proximally retuse or emarginate, distally obtuse to subacute, terminal one sometimes emarginate. |
Racemes | 1–4-flowered; axis very short in fruit. |
(1–)3–7-flowered; axis (0–)0.5–2 cm in fruit. |
Peduncles | (0.2–)0.5–4.5 cm. |
(1.5–)2.5–5.5(–6.5) 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. |
calyx 3.4–4.7 mm, loosely strigulose, tube 2–2.8 mm, lobes (1.2–)1.5–2.2(–2.5) mm; corolla banner 6.3–7.6(–9.2) mm; keel apex obtusely rounded. |
Legumes | 13–18 × 2.6–3.2 mm, loosely strigulose. |
somewhat hamate, (12–)14–20 × 2.1–3.3 mm, glabrous or minutely strigulose. |
Seeds | 10–16. |
13–17. |
Astragalus nuttallianus var. zapatanus |
Astragalus nuttallianus var. micranthiformis |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Mar. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy, frequently disturbed sites. | Mixed salt-desert and desert shrub, sagebrush, and pinyon-juniper communities. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | (1000–)1100–1900 m. ((3300–)3600–6200 ft.) |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico (Tamaulipas) |
AZ; CO; NM; UT |
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.) |
D. Isely (1998) suggested that large-flowered individuals within the range of var. micranthiformis are intermediates with var. austrinus. Ranges of these varieties are discrete, however, and larger-flowered plants may be part of normal variation. Variety micranthiformis occurs in approximately one-fourth of each state around the Four Corners area. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Name authority | Barneby: Field & Lab. 24: 36. (1956) | Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 1064. (1964) |
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