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sickle-pod rush-pea, sicklepod holdback

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

Phenology Flowering spring (late summer).
Habitat Grasslands in sandy or clay limestone soils.
Elevation 900–2000 m. (3000–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
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
Sibling taxa
H. drummondii, H. glauca, H. microphylla, H. oxycarpa, H. repens, H. tenella
Synonyms Caesalpinia drepanocarpa, Larrea drepanocarpa
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 58. (1852) — (as Hoffmanseggia)
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