Astragalus cusickii var. flexilipes Barneby
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Authors
Rupert C. Barneby
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Authority
Barneby, Rupert C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13(1): 1-596.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
"Idaho. Little Salmon River canyon, 3 miles north of Pollock, Idaho Co., 14 June, 1951, Ripley & Barneby No. 10709 ... "—Holotypus, CAS! isotypi, NY, WS!
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Description
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Variety Description - Usually taller and more slender than var. Cusickii; stipules at base of all but the slenderest stems connate in vernation only, early ruptured, later appearing as a low, imperfectly amplexicaul collar, the median and upper ones nearly always free from the first; racemes (3) 6—14 (18)-flowered, the axis 2.5-8.5 cm. long in fruit; calyx-tube 3.2-4.4 mm. long, 2.3-2.8 mm. in diameter, the disc 0.71 mm. deep; petals commonly pale purple, purplish-tinged, or at least with maculate keel-tip, exceptionally all white; banner mostly ovate-cuneate, 12.5-15.5 mm. long; keel 8-10 mm. long; stipe of the pod (4) 5-8 mm. long, the body 2-3 (3.5) cm. long, the delicately membranous valves often faintly mottled; ovules 10-16.
Distribution and Ecology - Habitats of var. Cusickii, 1200-1800 feet, locally abundant in the canyon of the lower Salmon River in Idaho County, Idaho, ascending the Little Salmon River just into northern Adams County.—Map No. 31.—May to July.
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Objects
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Distribution
Idaho United States of America North America|