Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 3242, Oxytropis sericea var. sericea.  
 

 

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Photographed 6 November 2024.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Oxytropis sericea Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray var. sericea.  White Locoweed.

Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower northeast slope of small hogback, near where the Two Brands Trail crosses through the hogback, 914 m. west southwest of parking lot, 24.5 km. south southeast of Golden. 39.549°N, 105.12029°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1760 m. Also here: Juniperus scopulorum, Musineon divaricatum, Cercocarpus montanus, Castilleja integra, Gutierrezia sarothrae, and Leucocrinum montanum.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 3242. 14-May-2024

Coll. No. 3242, 14 May 2024: Perennial, to 35 cm., hairs soft, often wavy, not wart-like; Leaves, basal, compound, 170 mm. × 36 mm. wide; Leaflets, #17±, 29 mm. × 7 mm. wide, hairy both sides; Bracts, 11 mm., lanceolate; Calyx, tube 10 mm. + lobes 4 mm., hairs white, wavy; Flowers, ascending, 20-24 mm., banner, 19 mm., white with purple guides, wings, 19 mm. (unable to see distinctive flexure of wings in dried specimens), keel, 17 mm., purple distally, trip porrect; Fruit, last year's persistent, 20 mm. × 7 mm. wide, ascending;

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