Astragalus tephrodes var. chloridae |
Astragalus tephrodes var. brachylobus |
|
---|---|---|
ashen milkvetch, chloride milkvetch |
ashen milk vetch, prescott milkvetch |
|
Stems | 2–15 cm. |
0–8 cm. |
Leaves | 10–24 cm; leaflets 19–25, blades flat, rhombic, rhombic-ovate, obovate, or oblanceolate, 6–26 mm, apex usually acute, sometimes obtuse. |
4–16 cm; leaflets 11–27(–31), blades mostly flat, usually obovate-cuneate, oblanceolate, or rhombic-elliptic, rarely suborbiculate, (3–)4–17 mm, apex obtuse, acute, or emarginate. |
Racemes | 13–24-flowered; axis (4–)7–20 cm in fruit. |
10–25(–35)-flowered; axis (1.5–)2–8(–11) cm in fruit. |
Peduncles | 13–40 cm. |
(4–)5–15(–21) cm. |
Flowers | 16.8–20.4 mm; calyx 11.5–14 mm, pilosulous or loosely strigulose, tube 8.3–10.2 mm, lobes 2.1–3.8 mm; corolla banner 16.8–20.4 mm; keel 15.2–18.2 mm. |
(14–)18–24 mm; calyx 8.8–12.7(–14) mm, pilosulous to loosely strigulose, sometimes villous, tube 7.1–10 mm, lobes 1.7–2.8 mm; corolla banner (14–)18–24 mm; keel 14.7–20.1 mm. |
Legumes | lanceolate- or oblong-ellipsoid, 22–34 × 6–10(–12) mm, beak 3–6 mm, stiffly leathery or subligneous, angles ± rugulose, strigulose-pilosulous. |
oblong-ellipsoid to lanceoloid-ellipsoid or, sometimes, ovoid-acuminate, 17–30 × 6–10 mm, somewhat fleshy becoming stiffly leathery or subligneous, usually strigulose or pilosulous, sometimes glabrous. |
Seeds | 28–36. |
24–35. |
Stipules | 2–15 mm, surfaces sparsely strigulose or glabrate abaxially. |
2.5–11 mm, surfaces villosulous, sparsely strigulose, or glabrate abaxially. |
2n | = 22. |
|
Astragalus tephrodes var. chloridae |
Astragalus tephrodes var. brachylobus |
|
Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Larrea and juniper communities. | Arid grasslands, oak-chaparral, in pinyon-juniper, juniper, or ponderosa pine forests, on volcanic, granitic, or sedimentary bedrock (including limestone). |
Elevation | 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.) | 1000–2000 m. (3300–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NV |
AZ; CA; NM; NV |
Discussion | As strictly perceived, var. chloridae is restricted to the Cerbat Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, and the Newberry Mountains, Clark County, Nevada. D. Isely (1998) allowed a somewhat broader range in Mohave County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The range of var. brachylobus extends from the crest of the Mogollon Escarpment northward to the slopes of the Kaibab Plateau, westward to the Colorado River near Needles, California, and southeastward around the edge of the Gila Basin to west-central New Mexico. The pubescent phases of var. brachylobus were aggregated into four groups, three somewhat geographically restricted (R. C. Barneby 1964). Variety brachylobus is difficult to distinguish from var. tephrodes in west-central New Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | ||
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. remulcus var. chloridae | A. shortianus var. brachylobus |
Name authority | (M. E. Jones) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 642. (1964) | (A. Gray) Barneby: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 37: 466. (1947) |
Web links |