Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 2970, Astragalus parryi  
 

 

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Photographed 27 November 2023.

Plants of the Douglas Mountain Study Area
Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Fabaceae

Astragalus parryi A. Gray.  Parry's Milkvetch.

Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. Steep slope above Guy Gulch, southwest side of the creek and County Road 70, 490 m. south southeast of the ranch house, 15.5 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7917°N, 105.3522°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2339 m. Developing fruit is sickle-shaped, villous. Steep slope, sunny, southeast aspect.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2023, issued: Apr 10, 2023, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vikery 2970. 14-Jun-2023

Coll. No. 2970, 14 June 2023, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 20 cm., caulescent, hairs basifixed; Stem, distal spreading hairs; Stipules, free; Leaf, compound, leaflets, 19#; Calyx, not inflated in fruit; Flowers, white; Fruit,, in a loose raceme, stipe, 0.3 mm., 14 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, arcuate, obcompressed ?? (not seen in dried specimen), white villous.

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