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Turkeypeas

Astragalus nuttallianus var. imperfectus (Rydb.) Barneby

Comprehensive Description

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Hamosa imperfecta Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 54: 329. 1927
An annual; stem branched at the base, decumbent, 2-3 dm. long, very sparingly strigose straw-colored, terete; leaves 2-4 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, 2 mm. long; leaflets lance-oblong or lance-linear, acute at each end, strigose beneath, glabrate above, 5-10 mm. long; peduncles 3-8 cm. long; racemes usually 2-flowered; bract subulate, 1 mm. long; calyx strigose, often partly with black hairs, the tube less than 2 mm. long, the teeth subulate, of about the same length; corolla apparently white, 5 mm. long; pod arcuate especially at the base, glabrous, 15-18 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, and 3 mm. deep, slightly sulcate on the lower suture, only partially 2-celled, the partition very narrow; seeds 2.5 mm. long.
Type locality: Rhyolite, Nye County, Nevada. Distribution: Nevada, Arizona, and Lower 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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