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Draba milkvetch, tuft milkvetch
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Pursh's milk-vetch, Pursh's sheeppod, woolly-pod milk-vetch
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| Plants tuft- or mat-forming, 1.5–9(–12) cm, densely strigulose; from branched caudex. |
Plants tuft-forming, acaulescent, subacaulescent, or shortly caulescent, 4.5–13 cm, usually villous to villous-tomentose, sometimes appearing white or gray, hairs basifixed; from branched, superficial caudex, branches with thatch. |
obscured by marcescent leaf bases and stipules. |
usually obscured by stipules, or internodes to 2 cm, villous to villous-tomentose. |
mostly reduced to phyllodia, few with leaflets, 0.8–10 cm; stipules connate-sheathing throughout, 2–7 mm, papery-scarious; leaflets 0(or 3–5), blades (phyllodia) oblanceolate to linear, 4–30 mm, apex acute, mucronate, or spinulose, surfaces strigose; terminal leaflet often confluent with rachis. |
1–12(–15) cm; stipules (2.5–)3–15 mm, membranous; leaflets (3 or)5–17(–21), blades obovate, obovate-cuneate, elliptic to oblanceolate, or rhombic-elliptic, 2–14(–20) mm, apex usually acute, subacute, acuminate, or obtuse, rarely truncate-emarginate, surfaces densely villous. |
densely 1–11-flowered; axis 0.2–3.5 cm in fruit; bracts 0.5–4 mm; bracteoles 0. |
1–11-flowered, flowers ascending; axis 0.3–2(–4) cm in fruit; bracts 2–9 mm; bracteoles 0. |
erect or ascending, outer ones often prostrate in fruit, 0.4–9 cm. |
ascending or erect, decumbent in fruit, 1.5–10.5 cm. |
0.3–1.7 mm. |
1–5 mm. |
5.7–9.5 mm; calyx 2.6–5 mm, strigose, tube 1.9–3.4 mm, lobes subulate, 0.5–2.5 mm; corolla pink purplish to ochroleucous or whitish; banner recurved through 45°; keel 4–6 mm. |
19–25(–27) mm; calyx cylindric, cylindro-campanulate, or campanulate, (5.5–)6–16(–19) mm, villous-pilose, tube (4–)4.5–12(–13.6) mm, lobes subulate, 1–6(–7) mm; corolla white, cream, purple, or pink-purple; banner recurved through 40°; keel 8–21.2(–22.5) mm. |
erect, pale green tinged purple, with red-mottle, becoming brown or stramineous, straight or slightly curved, lanceoloid to lanceoloid-oblong, 2-sided, laterally compressed, 4–13 × 1.5–3.3 mm, papery, usually strigose, rarely glabrous; sessile. |
initially ascending (humistrate), brownish, not mottled or spotted, incurved, ovoid, ovoid-ellipsoid, or lanceoloid-ellipsoid, dorsiventrally compressed, 7–26(–30) × 3.5–11(–13) mm, unilocular, fleshy becoming leathery, mostly shaggy-villous, sometimes tomentose or villous-hirsute, hairs 1.6–4(–5) mm, often concealing surface; sessile or subsessile, or gynophore 0.5+ mm. |
4–12. |
14–38(–46). |
= 24. |
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| Pinyon-juniper, sagebrush, and mountain brush communities, exposed ridges. |
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The nomenclature of Astragalus spatulatus was confused from the start with three epithets proposed by T. Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray (1838–1843) within Homalobus that were previously used in Astragalus and, as a result, not available. The habit of A. spatulatus varies from a low cushion, with flowers borne barely above the very short leaves, to taller plants with elongate leaves and flowers borne well above the ground. The extremes are distinctive but are connected by a series of intermediates. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 8 (8 in the flora). The geographic distribution of Astragalus purshii, forming a relatively large triangle in western North America, from southwestern Canada to southern California, northeastward to western North Dakota, makes it the most widely distributed of all astragali with woolly fruits. The case for specific status for such entities as A. inflexus and A. utahensis may be little stronger than that for several of the taxa included within A. purshii (D. Isely 1998). L. Abrams (1944b) often gave an inclusive name of woolly-pod to all of the fuzzy-podded species, sometimes sheep-pod. For consistency they are all called milkvetch here. Isely gave a synopsis that helped to distinguish other woolly fruited species. The treatment of R. C. Barneby (1964) is followed here, and his key to varieties is largely followed. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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1. Calyces (5.5–)6–10.1 mm; banners 9–16.5 mm; keel 8–13 mm. | → 2 |
2. Racemes (3–)5–11-flowered; leaflets (7 or)9–15(or 17); sw Idaho. | var. ophiogenes |
2. Racemes 1–5(–7)-flowered; leaflets (3 or)5–9(or 11); California, sw Idaho, nw Nevada, and along foothills and plains adjacent to e slope of Cascades in Oregon. | → 3 |
3. Legumes incurved only in beak; seeds 24–32; San Bernardino Mountains and Sierra Nevada, California, w Nevada. | var. lectulus |
3. Legumes arched throughout, at least through 0.5–1 spiral; seeds 14–20; plains of ne California to c Oregon, sw Idaho, and nw Nevada. | var. lagopinus |
1. Calyces (8–)9–16(–19) mm; banners (14.6–)15.4–25(–26) mm; keel (11.5–)12.4–21.2(–22.5) mm. | → 4 |
4. Corollas mostly white or cream (keel tip maculate), rarely banners and wings tipped dull, pale bluish purple; widespread from California and British Columbia eastward to North Dakota and Colorado. | var. purshii |
4. Corollas purple or pink-purple throughout; British Columbia to s California (cis- and transmontane), sw Montana, and sc Nevada. | → 5 |
5. Banners (14.6–)19–25(–26.5) mm; keel (11.5–)12.4–21(–22.5) mm. | → 6 |
6. Plants acaulescent or subacaulescent; leaflets (5 or)7 or 9(or 11), blades obovate, obovate-cuneate, or broadly elliptic, apices obtuse or truncate; ec Idaho, sw Montana. | var. concinnus |
6. Plants shortly caulescent or subacaulescent; leaflets (3 or)5–17(–21), blades obovate-cuneate, oblanceolate, narrowly elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, apices usually acute, subacute, or short-acuminate, rarely obtuse; British Columbia, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington. | → 7 |
7. Legumes not or very shallowly sulcate ventrally; leaflets (3 or)5–13(–17), blades usually obovate-cuneate or oblanceolate, rarely elliptic-oblanceolate, apices usually acute or subacute, rarely obtuse; racemes 3–11-flowered; banners (14.6–)15.4–25 mm; cis- and transmontane California, w Nevada, and Oregon. | var. tinctus |
7. Legumes strongly depressed-sulcate ventrally in proximal 1/2; leaflets (7 or)9–15(or 17), blades usually narrowly elliptic, rarely elliptic-oblanceolate, apices usually acute or short-acuminate; racemes 2–5(–10)-flowered; banners 19–25(–26.5) mm; Oregon and British Columbia eastward to Utah. | var. glareosus |
5. Banners 11.5–18(–25) mm; keel 10.2–15(–20.8) mm. | → 8 |
8. Legumes strongly sulcate ventrally in proximal 1/2; c Nevada. | var. pumilio |
8. Legumes not or shallowly sulcate ventrally; ne California, sw Idaho, nw Nevada, se Oregon. | → 9 |
9. Legumes 13–23(–27) mm; racemes with relatively short (subcapitate) flowering axes; ne California, nw Nevada, e Oregon. | var. tinctus |
9. Legumes 8–13 mm; racemes with relatively long flowering axes; along Owyhee, Snake, and lower Bruneau rivers, se Oregon and sw Idaho. | var. ophiogenes |
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| FNA vol. 11. |
FNA vol. 11. |
| Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Drabella |
Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Argophylli |
A. accidens, A. accumbens, A. ackermanii, A. acutirostris, A. adanus, A. aequalis, A. agnicidus, A. agrestis, A. albens, A. albulus, A. allochrous, A. alpinus, A. altus, A. alvordensis, A. amblytropis, A. americanus, A. amnis-amissi, A. amphioxys, A. ampullarioides, A. ampullarius, A. andersonii, A. anisus, A. anserinus, A. applegatei, A. aquilonius, A. aretioides, A. argophyllus, A. aridus, A. arizonicus, A. arrectus, A. arthurii, A. asclepiadoides, A. asotinensis, A. asymmetricus, A. atratus, A. atropubescens, A. atwoodii, A. austiniae, A. australis, A. barnebyi, A. barrii, A. beathii, A. beatleyae, A. beckwithii, A. bernardinus, A. bibullatus, A. bicristatus, A. bisulcatus, A. bodinii, A. bolanderi, A. bourgovii, A. brandegeei, A. brauntonii, A. brazoensis, A. breweri, A. californicus, A. callithrix, A. calycosus, A. camptopus, A. canadensis, A. caricinus, A. casei, A. castaneiformis, A. castetteri, A. ceramicus, A. cerussatus, A. chamaeleuce, A. chamaemeniscus, A. chinensis, A. chloödes, A. chuskanus, A. cibarius, A. cicer, A. cimae, A. claranus, A. clevelandii, A. cliffordii, A. cobrensis, A. coccineus, A. collinus, A. coltonii, A. columbianus, A. concordius, A. congdonii, A. conjunctus, A. consobrinus, A. contortuplicatus, A. convallarius, A. cottamii, A. crassicarpus, A. cremnophylax, A. cronquistii, A. crotalariae, A. curtipes, A. curvicarpus, A. cusickii, A. cutleri, A. cyaneus, A. cymboides, A. deanei, A. debequaeus, A. desereticus, A. desperatus, A. deterior, A. detritalis, A. diaphanus, A. didymocarpus, A. distortus, A. diversifolius, A. douglasii, A. drabelliformis, A. drummondii, A. duchesnensis, A. eastwoodiae, A. egglestonii, A. emoryanus, A. endopterus, A. ensiformis, A. episcopus, A. equisolensis, A. eremiticus, A. ertterae, A. eucosmus, A. eurekensis, A. eurylobus, A. falcatus, A. feensis, A. filipes, A. flavus, A. flexuosus, A. fucatus, A. funereus, A. gambelianus, A. geyeri, A. gibbsii, A. giganteus, A. gilensis, A. gilmanii, A. gilviflorus, A. glycyphyllos, A. gracilis, A. grayi, A. gypsodes, A. hallii, A. hamiltonii, A. harrisonii, A. heilii, A. henrimontanensis, A. holmgreniorum, A. hoodianus, A. hornii, A. howellii, A. humillimus, A. humistratus, A. hyalinus, A. hypoxylus, A. inflexus, A. insularis, A. inversus, A. inyoensis, A. iodanthus, A. iodopetalus, A. iselyi, A. jaegerianus, A. jejunus, A. johannis-howellii, A. kelseyae, A. kentrophyta, A. kerrii, A. knightii, A. laccoliticus, A. lancearius, A. laxmannii, A. layneae, A. leibergii, A. lemmonii, A. lentiformis, A. lentiginosus, A. leptaleus, A. leptocarpus, A. leucolobus, A. limnocharis, A. lindheimeri, A. linifolius, A. loanus, A. lonchocarpus, A. lotiflorus, A. lutosus, A. lyallii, A. macrodon, A. magdalenae, A. malacoides, A. malacus, A. megacarpus, A. michauxii, A. microcymbus, A. microcystis, A. microlobium, A. micromerius, A. miguelensis, A. minthorniae, A. misellus, A. miser, A. missouriensis, A. moencoppensis, A. mohavensis, A. mollissimus, A. molybdenus, A. monoensis, A. montii, A. monumentalis, A. mulfordiae, A. multiflorus, A. musiniensis, A. naturitensis, A. neglectus, A. nelsonianus, A. neomexicanus, A. nevinii, A. newberryi, A. nidularius, A. nothoxys, A. nudisiliquus, A. nutans, A. nutriosensis, A. nuttallianus, A. nuttallii, A. nutzotinensis, A. nyensis, A. obcordatus, A. obscurus, A. oniciformis, A. oocalycis, A. oocarpus, A. oophorus, A. oreganus, A. osterhoutii, A. oxyphysus, A. pachypus, A. palmeri, A. panamintensis, A. pardalinus, A. parryi, A. pattersonii, A. pauperculus, A. paysonii, A. peckii, A. pectinatus, A. perianus, A. phoenix, A. pictiformis, A. pinonis, A. piscator, A. piutensis, A. plattensis, A. platytropis, A. polaris, A. pomonensis, A. porrectus, A. praelongus, A. preussii, A. proimanthus, A. proximus, A. pseudiodanthus, A. pterocarpus, A. pubentissimus, A. pulsiferae, A. puniceus, A. purshii, A. pycnostachyus, A. racemosus, A. rafaelensis, A. rattanii, A. ravenii, A. recurvus, A. reflexus, A. remotus, A. reventiformis, A. reventus, A. riparius, A. ripleyi, A. robbinsii, A. rusbyi, A. sabulonum, A. sabulosus, A. salmonis, A. saurinus, A. scaphoides, A. schmolliae, A. sclerocarpus, A. scopulorum, A. sepultipes, A. serenoi, A. sericoleucus, A. serpens, A. sesquiflorus, A. sheldonii, A. shevockii, A. shortianus, A. siliceus, A. simplicifolius, A. sinuatus, A. solitarius, A. sophoroides, A. soxmaniorum, A. spaldingii, A. sparsiflorus, A. speirocarpus, A. straturensis, A. striatiflorus, A. subcinereus, A. subvestitus, A. succumbens, A. tegetarioides, A. tener, A. tennesseensis, A. tephrodes, A. terminalis, A. tetrapterus, A. thurberi, A. tibetanus, A. tidestromii, A. tiehmii, A. titanophilus, A. toanus, A. toquimanus, A. tortipes, A. traskiae, A. tricarinatus, A. trichopodus, A. tridactylicus, A. troglodytus, A. tweedyi, A. tyghensis, A. umbellatus, A. umbraticus, A. uncialis, A. utahensis, A. vaccarum, A. vallaris, A. vexilliflexus, A. villosus, A. wardii, A. waterfallii, A. webberi, A. welshii, A. wetherillii, A. whitneyi, A. williamsii, A. wingatanus, A. wittmannii, A. woodruffii, A. wootonii, A. wrightii, A. xiphoides, A. yoderwilliamsii, A. zionis |
A. accidens, A. accumbens, A. ackermanii, A. acutirostris, A. adanus, A. aequalis, A. agnicidus, A. agrestis, A. albens, A. albulus, A. allochrous, A. alpinus, A. altus, A. alvordensis, A. amblytropis, A. americanus, A. amnis-amissi, A. amphioxys, A. ampullarioides, A. ampullarius, A. andersonii, A. anisus, A. anserinus, A. applegatei, A. aquilonius, A. aretioides, A. argophyllus, A. aridus, A. arizonicus, A. arrectus, A. arthurii, A. asclepiadoides, A. asotinensis, A. asymmetricus, A. atratus, A. atropubescens, A. atwoodii, A. austiniae, A. australis, A. barnebyi, A. barrii, A. beathii, A. beatleyae, A. beckwithii, A. bernardinus, A. bibullatus, A. bicristatus, A. bisulcatus, A. bodinii, A. bolanderi, A. bourgovii, A. brandegeei, A. brauntonii, A. brazoensis, A. breweri, A. californicus, A. callithrix, A. calycosus, A. camptopus, A. canadensis, A. caricinus, A. casei, A. castaneiformis, A. castetteri, A. ceramicus, A. cerussatus, A. chamaeleuce, A. chamaemeniscus, A. chinensis, A. chloödes, A. chuskanus, A. cibarius, A. cicer, A. cimae, A. claranus, A. clevelandii, A. cliffordii, A. cobrensis, A. coccineus, A. collinus, A. coltonii, A. columbianus, A. concordius, A. congdonii, A. conjunctus, A. consobrinus, A. contortuplicatus, A. convallarius, A. cottamii, A. crassicarpus, A. cremnophylax, A. cronquistii, A. crotalariae, A. curtipes, A. curvicarpus, A. cusickii, A. cutleri, A. cyaneus, A. cymboides, A. deanei, A. debequaeus, A. desereticus, A. desperatus, A. deterior, A. detritalis, A. diaphanus, A. didymocarpus, A. distortus, A. diversifolius, A. douglasii, A. drabelliformis, A. drummondii, A. duchesnensis, A. eastwoodiae, A. egglestonii, A. emoryanus, A. endopterus, A. ensiformis, A. episcopus, A. equisolensis, A. eremiticus, A. ertterae, A. eucosmus, A. eurekensis, A. eurylobus, A. falcatus, A. feensis, A. filipes, A. flavus, A. flexuosus, A. fucatus, A. funereus, A. gambelianus, A. geyeri, A. gibbsii, A. giganteus, A. gilensis, A. gilmanii, A. gilviflorus, A. glycyphyllos, A. gracilis, A. grayi, A. gypsodes, A. hallii, A. hamiltonii, A. harrisonii, A. heilii, A. henrimontanensis, A. holmgreniorum, A. hoodianus, A. hornii, A. howellii, A. humillimus, A. humistratus, A. hyalinus, A. hypoxylus, A. inflexus, A. insularis, A. inversus, A. inyoensis, A. iodanthus, A. iodopetalus, A. iselyi, A. jaegerianus, A. jejunus, A. johannis-howellii, A. kelseyae, A. kentrophyta, A. kerrii, A. knightii, A. laccoliticus, A. lancearius, A. laxmannii, A. layneae, A. leibergii, A. lemmonii, A. lentiformis, A. lentiginosus, A. leptaleus, A. leptocarpus, A. leucolobus, A. limnocharis, A. lindheimeri, A. linifolius, A. loanus, A. lonchocarpus, A. lotiflorus, A. lutosus, A. lyallii, A. macrodon, A. magdalenae, A. malacoides, A. malacus, A. megacarpus, A. michauxii, A. microcymbus, A. microcystis, A. microlobium, A. micromerius, A. miguelensis, A. minthorniae, A. misellus, A. miser, A. missouriensis, A. moencoppensis, A. mohavensis, A. mollissimus, A. molybdenus, A. monoensis, A. montii, A. monumentalis, A. mulfordiae, A. multiflorus, A. musiniensis, A. naturitensis, A. neglectus, A. nelsonianus, A. neomexicanus, A. nevinii, A. newberryi, A. nidularius, A. nothoxys, A. nudisiliquus, A. nutans, A. nutriosensis, A. nuttallianus, A. nuttallii, A. nutzotinensis, A. nyensis, A. obcordatus, A. obscurus, A. oniciformis, A. oocalycis, A. oocarpus, A. oophorus, A. oreganus, A. osterhoutii, A. oxyphysus, A. pachypus, A. palmeri, A. panamintensis, A. pardalinus, A. parryi, A. pattersonii, A. pauperculus, A. paysonii, A. peckii, A. pectinatus, A. perianus, A. phoenix, A. pictiformis, A. pinonis, A. piscator, A. piutensis, A. plattensis, A. platytropis, A. polaris, A. pomonensis, A. porrectus, A. praelongus, A. preussii, A. proimanthus, A. proximus, A. pseudiodanthus, A. pterocarpus, A. pubentissimus, A. pulsiferae, A. puniceus, A. pycnostachyus, A. racemosus, A. rafaelensis, A. rattanii, A. ravenii, A. recurvus, A. reflexus, A. remotus, A. reventiformis, A. reventus, A. riparius, A. ripleyi, A. robbinsii, A. rusbyi, A. sabulonum, A. sabulosus, A. salmonis, A. saurinus, A. scaphoides, A. schmolliae, A. sclerocarpus, A. scopulorum, A. sepultipes, A. serenoi, A. sericoleucus, A. serpens, A. sesquiflorus, A. sheldonii, A. shevockii, A. shortianus, A. siliceus, A. simplicifolius, A. sinuatus, A. solitarius, A. sophoroides, A. soxmaniorum, A. spaldingii, A. sparsiflorus, A. spatulatus, A. speirocarpus, A. straturensis, A. striatiflorus, A. subcinereus, A. subvestitus, A. succumbens, A. tegetarioides, A. tener, A. tennesseensis, A. tephrodes, A. terminalis, A. tetrapterus, A. thurberi, A. tibetanus, A. tidestromii, A. tiehmii, A. titanophilus, A. toanus, A. toquimanus, A. tortipes, A. traskiae, A. tricarinatus, A. trichopodus, A. tridactylicus, A. troglodytus, A. tweedyi, A. tyghensis, A. umbellatus, A. umbraticus, A. uncialis, A. utahensis, A. vaccarum, A. vallaris, A. vexilliflexus, A. villosus, A. wardii, A. waterfallii, A. webberi, A. welshii, A. wetherillii, A. whitneyi, A. williamsii, A. wingatanus, A. wittmannii, A. woodruffii, A. wootonii, A. wrightii, A. xiphoides, A. yoderwilliamsii, A. zionis |
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| Homalobus caespitosus |
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| E. Sheldon: Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 22. (1894) |
Douglas in W. J. Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 152. (1831) |
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