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Phaca asymmetrica (Sheldon) Rydberg
Astragalus leacophyllus T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 336. 1838. Not A. leucophyllus Willd. 1803.
Phaca leucophylla H. & A. Bot. Beech. Voy. 333. 1840.
Tragacantha leucophylla Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 946. 1891.
Astragalus asymmelricus Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 23. 1894.
Astragalus leucopsis leucophyllus M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 8: 23. 1898.
Astragalus leucopsis asymmelricus M. EJones, Contr. W. Bot. 10: 62. 1902.
Perennial, perhaps up to 1 m. high; stem white, silky-canescent, strigose; leaves S— 12 cm. long, ascending; stipules broadly deltoid, about 5 mm. long and fully as broad; petioles 0.5-2 cm. long, as well as the rachis canescent; leaflets 19-37, linear or oblong, rather firm, whitesilky on both sides, 1-2 cm. long, 3-5 mm. wide; peduncles 5-15 cm. long; racemes about 5 cm. long, in fruit sometimes I dm. long; bracts subulate, calyx silvery-canescent, the tube cylindrocampanulate, 5-6 mm. long, the lobes subulate, 2-4 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous, 14—16 long; banner obovate, gradually tapering into the broad claw; blade of the wings oblong-lunate, obtuse, about equaling the claw in length, with a large acute basal auricle; keel-petals similar but the blades broader; fruit silky-canescent when young, becoming glabrate except the stipe, the stipe in fruit 2.5-3 cm. long, the body oval-ellipsoid, 3-4 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. wide and thick.
Type locality: California.
Distribution: Central and southern California.
- citação bibliográfica
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Astragalus asymmetricus
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Astragalus asymmetricus is a species of milkvetch known by the common name San Joaquin milkvetch. It is endemic to California, where it grows in grassy and disturbed areas in the Central Valley and nearby parts of the Central Coast Ranges and San Francisco Bay Area.[2]
Description
Astragalus asymmetricus is a sturdy perennial herb growing a thick, erect stem to heights between 50 and 120 cm (20 and 47 in). It is coated in long hairs. The leaves are up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long and are made up of many pairs of leaflike leaflets, each up to 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long and varying in shape from linear to oval. The inflorescence contains 15 to 45 cream-colored pealike flowers 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) long.
The fruit is a slightly inflated hairy legume pod up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long which hangs in bunches from the dried inflorescence.
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Astragalus asymmetricus: Brief Summary
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Astragalus asymmetricus is a species of milkvetch known by the common name San Joaquin milkvetch. It is endemic to California, where it grows in grassy and disturbed areas in the Central Valley and nearby parts of the Central Coast Ranges and San Francisco Bay Area.
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