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Astragalus tegetarioides var. anxius

Astragalus tegetarioides var. tegetarioides
Photo is of parent taxon

ash valley milkvetch
Photo is of parent taxon

bastard kentrophyta, Deschutes milkvetch
Leaflets

9–15;

blades 4–9 mm.

7–11;

blades 1.5–5.5 mm.
Racemes

densely 7–13(–15)-flowered, axis 8–22 mm.

loosely 2–6(–8)-flowered, axis 13–18 mm.
Flowers

(6–)6.5–10(–12) mm;

calyx 3.2–4.7(–5) mm, lobes 1.7–2.7 mm;

corolla rose-purple, banner with pale basal eye;

banner recurved 60–80°.

4.4–6(–7) mm;

calyx (2.2–)2.6–3.7 mm, lobes 1–1.9 mm;

corolla whitish, banner with pale lilac veins;

banner recurved 70–100°.
Legumes

3.5–4.5 × 3.2–4.2 mm.

3.3–4.5 × 1.5–2.8 mm.
Pubescence

loosely villous to pilosulous.

strigose-strigulose.

Astragalus tegetarioides var. anxius

Astragalus tegetarioides var. tegetarioides
Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Arid flats on or near juniper-sagebrush steppes or Pinus jeffreyi woodlands. Dry, pine forests and sagebrush communities.
Elevation 1500–1700 m. (4900–5600 ft.) 1300–1600 m. (4300–5200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
from FNA
OR
Discussion

Variety anxius is known only from Ash Valley in Lassen County. The report of Astragalus tegetarioides (T. W. Nelson and J. P. Nelson 1982) from here is assigned to this variety.

Variety anxius is listed as Astragalus anxius in NatureServe as a G1 plant of conservation concern.

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

Variety tegetarioides is known from Deschutes, Grant, and Harney counties. This variety superficially resembles Astragalus kentrophyta var. tegetarius, which is widespread from the Rocky Mountains to northeastern Oregon, and southward to Mono County, California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Pulsiferani > Astragalus tegetarioides Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Pulsiferani > Astragalus tegetarioides
Sibling taxa
A. tegetarioides var. tegetarioides
A. tegetarioides var. anxius
Synonyms A. anxius
Name authority (Meinke & Kaye) S. L. Welsh: Great Basin Naturalist 58: 51. (1998) unknown
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