Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa |
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sickle-pod rush-pea, sicklepod holdback |
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Habit | Herbs, 8–30 cm, with very short internodes, appearing almost fasciculate; from taproot. |
Leaves | 30–100 × 13–30 mm; stipules lanceolate, 2–3 × 1–1.3 mm; pinnae 7–9; leaflets 9–19 per pinna, blades obtuse-ovate, 1–5.5 × 1–2.3 mm, surfaces glabrous or sparsely strigose abaxially, glabrous or sparsely pubescent adaxially. |
Racemes | 3–11-flowered, terminal, 6–27 cm; rachis and pedicels strigose, eglandular. |
Flowers | turbinate, 6–9 × 3.5–5 mm; calyx persistent, often roseate to burgundy, distinct portion 3–5 × 1–2 mm, pubescent to strigose abaxially, eglandular; banner yellow, sometimes tinged with red, 5–8 × 2.5–4.5 mm, glabrous abaxially, with small tuft of trichomes at base of claw adaxially; lateral petals yellow, sometimes tinged red, 6.5–8 × 2–5 mm, glabrous abaxially. |
Legumes | flat, arcuate, sometimes forming nearly a full circle, pale brown or reddish, falcate, 23–40 × 5–8 mm, indehiscent, margins parallel, pronounced, puberulent, apex round, with remnants of withered style; valves reticulate, puberulent. |
Seeds | 6–11. |
2n | = 24. |
Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (late summer). |
Habitat | Grasslands in sandy or clay limestone soils. |
Elevation | 900–2000 m. (3000–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; KS; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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Source | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Caesalpinioideae (excluding Mimosoid clade) > Hoffmannseggia |
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Synonyms | Caesalpinia drepanocarpa, Larrea drepanocarpa |
Name authority | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 58. (1852) — (as Hoffmanseggia) |
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