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egg milkvetch, pink egg milkvetch

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Clokey's egg milkvetch, egg milkvetch

Leaflets

7–11.

9–19(or 21).

Flowers

20.5–24 mm;

calyx cylindric, glabrous, tube 7.8–8.5 × 3.6–4.4 mm, lobes 2.5–4 mm;

corolla pink-purple and wing tips white or whitish (bicolored).

11–16 mm;

calyx campanulate, glabrous, tube 4–4.3 × 2.6–3.3 mm, lobes 2 mm;

corolla pink-purple and wing tips white (bicolored).

Legumes

subsymmetric, ellipsoid, (25–)35–55(–63) mm, sutures convexly arched, sometimes less strongly so ventrally;

gynophore 10–11 mm.

subsymmetric, ellipsoid, 20–37 mm, sutures convexly arched, sometimes less strongly so ventrally;

gynophore 3.5–5.5 mm.

Astragalus oophorus var. lonchocalyx

Astragalus oophorus var. clokeyanus

Phenology Flowering May–Jun. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Pinyon-juniper, sagebrush, and mixed desert shrub communities. Open slopes in ponderosa pine forests, on gravelly limestone soils.
Elevation 1700–2300 m. (5600–7500 ft.) 1600–2800 m. (5200–9200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
NV; UT
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NV
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Discussion

Variety lonchocalyx is restricted to eastern Lincoln County, Nevada, and western Beaver and Iron counties, Utah.

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

Variety clokeyanus is restricted to the eastern slope of Mount Charleston, Clark County, and adjacent southern Nye County. It is closely allied to var. oophorus, differing mainly in having smaller flowers.

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

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Megacarpi > Astragalus oophorus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Megacarpi > Astragalus oophorus
Sibling taxa
A. oophorus var. caulescens, A. oophorus var. clokeyanus, A. oophorus var. lavinii, A. oophorus var. oophorus, A. oophorus var. wilkenii
A. oophorus var. caulescens, A. oophorus var. lavinii, A. oophorus var. lonchocalyx, A. oophorus var. oophorus, A. oophorus var. wilkenii
Name authority Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 194. (1954) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 194. (1954)
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