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Astragalus crassicarpus var. paysonii
Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt. var. paysonii (E.H. Kelso) Barneby
Groundplum Milkvetch, Mountain Groundplum
Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: ASCRP
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
"Closely resembling A. c. var. crassicarpus, differing principally in the paler herbage, strigulose with usually shorter hairs up to 0.35-0.65 (0.75) mm. long, the less densely pilosulous or merely strigulose inflorescence, and the prevailing slightly larger, paler flowers; stems (0.5) 1-3.5 dm. long." (bibref: 1814).
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Fruit Type: Legume
Size Notes: "Stems (0.5) 1-3.5 dm. long." (bibref: 1814).
Leaf: "Leaves (2) 4-11 (16) cm. long, with 15-25 obovate-cuneate, oval, oblanceolate, or elliptic, obtuse, acute, or rarely truncate-emarginate leaflets 4-16 mm. long, up to 3-7 mm. wide." (bibref: 1814).
Flower: "Peduncles (1-5) 2-6.5 (8) cm. long; racemes (5) 8-20-flowered, the axis (1) 2-7 cm. long in fruit, pedicels (2) 2.8-5.5 mm. long in fruit; calyx 9.6-14 mm. long, the tube 7-9.7 mm. long, (3.8) 4-5 mm. in diameter, the teeth (1.9) 2.3-4 (4.4) mm. long; banner (18.3) 20-24 mm. long, (8.6) 9-12 mm. wide; wings 16.4-20.4 mm. long, the claws 7.2-9.7 mm., the blades 10.4-13.6 mm. long, 2.9-4.7 mm. wide; keel (12.6) 13.9-15.9 mm. long, the claws (6.6) 7.4-9.5 mm., the blades 6.5-7.7 mm. long, 3.2-4.1 mm. wide; anthers 0.6-0.85 (0.9) mm. long." (bibref: 1814).
Fruit: "Pod as in A. c. var. crassicarpus; ovules (40) 47-59, averaging about 52. The fruit ripe in summer and fall." (bibref: 1814).
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: White , Pink , Green , Purple , VioletBloom Time: Apr , May , Jun , Jul
Bloom Notes: "Petals purple, lilac, cream-colored, or greenish-white, the keel in any case purple- or pink-tipped." (bibref: 1814).
Distribution
USA: CO , KS , MT , NE , NM , OK , SD , WYNative Distribution: "Widespread and common along the east slope and piedmont of the Rocky Mountains, from southern Alberta to southcentral Colorado, perhaps isolated on Black Mesa at the west tip of the Oklahoma Panhandle, extending feebly west across the Continental Divide to the headwaters of the Flathead River and Clarks Fork in western Montana." (bibref: 1814).
Native Habitat: "Prairies, grassy hillsides and open knolls, indifferently on granite, shale, sandstone or limestone, westward often among sagebrush, 3300—8600 feet." (bibref: 1814).
Bibliography
Bibref 1814 - Atlas of North American Astragalus Volume 2 (1964) Barneby, Rupert C.Search More Titles in Bibliography
Additional resources
USDA: Find Astragalus crassicarpus var. paysonii in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Astragalus crassicarpus var. paysonii in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Astragalus crassicarpus var. paysonii
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-12-07Research By: Joseph A. Marcus