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Woollypod Milkvetch

Astragalus purshii var. tinctus M. E. Jones

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Xylophacos subvillosus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 52 : 368. 1925
? Astragalus infiexus ordensis Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 573. 1925.
A cespitose perennial, with a much branched caudex; stems 5 cm. long or less, leafy; leaves 5-6 cm. long; stipules narrowly lanceolate, 5 mm. long; leaflets 9-15, obovate or oval, 5-12 mm. long, 3-5 mm. wide, rather sparingly white-villous, rounded at the apex; peduncles 2-6 cm. long; racemes 2-6-flowered ; bracts linear-attenuate, 4—5 mm. long; calyx loosely villous, the tube 8-9 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, the teeth subulate, 2-3 mm. long; corolla apparently ochroleucous, about 18 mm. long; banner rather broadly obovate, retuse ; wings shorter, the blade acutish, oblong ; pod densely villous, scarcely 2 mm. long, nearly 1 cm. thick, evenly arcuate throughout.
Type locality: Sierra Valley, California. Distribution: Sierra Nevada, California.
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Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Xylophacos candelarius (Sheldon) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 52:370. 1925.
Astragalus Purshii tinctus M. E. Jones, Zoe 4: 269. 1893.
Astragalus candelarius Sheldon. Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 142. 1894.
Astragalus candelarius exiguus Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 143. 1894.
Astragalus consectus Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 143, in part. 1894.
Phaca Purshii tincta Piper, Contr. LT. S. Nat. Herb. 11: 369. 1906.
Xylophacos consectus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 40: 49, in part. 1913.
Astragalus Newberryi Watsonianus M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. 216, mainly. 1923.
A subacaulescent densely cespitose perennial, with a deep root and short woody caudex; stems 1-3 cm. long; leaves ascending, 3-5 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long; leaflets 9-13, elliptic or obovate, obtuse, 5-10 mm. long, densely villous-canescent; peduncles 1-3 cm. long; racemes 3-8-flowered ; bracts subulate, 4-5 mm. long; calyx shortvillous, the tube about 1 cm. long, 3 mm. broad, the teeth subulate, 2-3 mm. long; corolla fully 2 cm. long, purple; banner slightly arcuate, obovate, retuse; wings decidedly shorter, the blade elliptic, acutish; keel-petals broadly lunate, rounded at the apex; pod 15-18 mm. long, nearly 1 cm. thick, 5 mm. wide, slightly arcuate and scarcely sulcate.
Type locality: Candelaria, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Distribution: Western Nevada, northern California, and southern Oregon.
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Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Xylophacos consectus (Sheldon) Rydberg
Astragalus consectus Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 143. 1894. Astragalus inflexus flocculosus Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 573. 1925.
A cespitose perennial, with a much branched caudex; stems 3-6 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, 5-7 mm. long, densely white-villous; leaflets 1 1-25, oblong to oval, 5-8 mm. long, rather loosely but densely villous; peduncles 3—6 cm. long; racemes short, 5-8-flowered ; bracts lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long; calyx loosely villous, the tube about 8 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 3 mm. long; corolla purple, 15-18 mm. long; banner broadly obovate, retuse; wings slightly shorter, the blade oblanceolate ; keel-petals shorter, the blade lunate, rounded at the apex; pod densely villous, 2 cm. long, more than 1 cm. thick, arcuate throughout, gradually acute.
Type locality: Tejon Pass, California. Distribution: Southern California.
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Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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