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Photographed 5 January 2013.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Veterans Court, City of Alameda, Alameda County, California: on bridge.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 915, 5 Jan 2013.

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Scanned 5 January 2013

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 915, 5 Jan 2013.

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Scanned 5 January 2013

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 915, 5 Jan 2013.

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Photographed 5 January 2013.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Bay Farm Bicycle Bridge, Alameda, Alameda County, CA: s. end of bridge.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 915, 5 Jan 2013.

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Photographed 5 January 2013.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Encinal Boat Ramp Access Road, Alameda, Alameda County, California: at Coll. No. 916.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 916, 5 Jan 2013.

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Notice also the prickles on the lower left corner. These prickles are what gives this plant its common name, "Cat Claw."

Article records that use this photograph:

• Frequently Asked Questions: T0550100.

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Scanned 17 July 2013.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Jean Sweeney Open Space Preserve, Alameda County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1001.

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Photographed 17 July 2013.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Jean Sweeney Open Space Preserve, Alameda County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1001.

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Scanned 18 July 2013.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Jean Sweeney Open Space Preserve, Alameda County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1001.

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Scanned 18 May 2015.

Coll. No. 225, 27 Apr 2000, characters observed: Herbaceous perennial, woody at base, erect, to 20 cm., not gland-dotted; Leaves, compound, leaflets 3-4, subpalmate (axis apparent beyond lower-most leaflet), main axis extending as a leaflet, leaflets, ovate, 7 mm. × 3 mm. wide, length 2.3 × width, entire, flat, stipules, gland-like, black; Inflorescence, 1-2 flowered, peduncle (5)6-10 mm.; Flower bilateral; Corolla 10 mm.; Calyx, tube 3 mm. + lobes 2-3 mm. = 5-6 mm., tube ≥ lobes; Fruit, 9 mm., flat, curved 90°, beak, 2 mm., straight.

The various combinations of short peduncles, strigose caylx lobes, and curved fruit do not fit any of the taxa known to the eastern Mojave Desert very well. Therefore, A. ridigus is a compromise.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Lobo Point Road: at the camp site.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 225, 27 Apr 2000.

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Photographed 29 November 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Black Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Woods Mtns Petroglyphs.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 8.2.

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Scanned 18 December 2018.

Coll. No. 1940, 14 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 1.5 m., erect; Stem, pubescent, hairs, simple, basifixed; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 3 mm., petiole, 15 mm., leaflets, #15, 25-32 mm. × 9-15 mm. wide, mid-rib extended as a short mucro, pubescent, appressed short straight hairs; Inflorescence, raceme, 60 mm. × 18 mm. wide, many flowers, pedicels, 1.5 mm.; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 0.7 mm., increasingly pubescent distally; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 4.0-4.5 mm., not reflexed, back, glabrous, wings, absent, keel, absent; Fruit, unknown (immature).

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1940, 14 Jun 2018.

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Photographed 18 December 2018.

Coll. No. 1940, 14 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 1.5 m., erect; Stem, pubescent, hairs, simple, basifixed; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 3 mm., petiole, 15 mm., leaflets, #15, 25-32 mm. × 9-15 mm. wide, mid-rib extended as a short mucro, pubescent, appressed short straight hairs; Inflorescence, raceme, 60 mm. × 18 mm. wide, many flowers, pedicels, 1.5 mm.; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 0.7 mm., increasingly pubescent distally; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 4.0-4.5 mm., not reflexed, back, glabrous, wings, absent, keel, absent; Fruit, unknown (immature).

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1940, 14 Jun 2018.

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Photographed 27 June 2016.

Determination tentative.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1464, 27 Jun 2016.

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Photographed 27 June 2016.

Determination tentative.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Plainview Road, Jefferson County, Colorado.: at old ranch rd.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1464, 27 Jun 2016.

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Photographed 27 June 2016.

Determination tentative.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1464, 27 Jun 2016.

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Photographed 8 Sep 2016.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Thursday, 8 September 2016.

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Photographed 8 Sep 2016. The tall grass in the left-center is Sorghastrum nutans “Yellow Indian Grass.”

Location records that use this photograph:

• Ranson/Edwards Homestead Open Space Park, Jefferson County, Colorado

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Thursday, 8 September 2016.

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Photograph taken April 21, 2004.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

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Photographed 30 November 2023.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2989, 19 Jun 2023.

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Photographed 8 June 2016.

Determination tentative.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Astragalus agrestis.
• North Table Loop, Jefferson County, Colorado: near Golden Cliffs.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1402, 8 Jun 2016.

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Scanned 2 December 2016.

Coll. No. 1398, 8 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm., caulescent, basifixed straight appressed hairy throughout; Leaves, cauline, alternate, stipules, 5 mm., connate opposite petiole, compound, odd-pinnate, leaflets, #13, 8 mm. × 2 mm. wide, straight hairy, tip round; Inflorescence, upright ovoid cluster; Calyx, tube 4.5 mm. + lobes 3.5 mm. = 8 mm., mix of white and black hairs; Flowers, zygomorphic, 11 mm., blue-purple; Style, 7 mm., persistent; Legume, immature, 5 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, stipe very short (0.4 mm.?), dense long straight soft hairy.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Astragalus agrestis.
• North Table Mountain Trail, City of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: on landslide.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1398, 8 Jun 2016.

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Photographed 30 July 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• North Table Loop, Jefferson County, Colorado: near Golden Cliffs.

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Photographed 15 January 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3131, 19 Jul 2023.

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Photographed 19 January 2019.

Coll. No. 1991, 24 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 15 cm., caulescent, sprawling; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 4.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, petiole, 35 mm., blade, 70 mm. × 10 mm. wide, leaflets, #23, 9.2 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, sparse white basifixed hairs; Inflorescence, raceme, #10 flowers, pedicels, 1 mm.; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm., hairs basifixed black appressed; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 8 mm., white to blue, with prominent white and blue stripes in middle, reflexed at middle, back glabrous, wings, 7 mm., <keel, keel, 8 mm., tip blunt, glabrous throughout; Style, persistent, Stigma, round, glabrous; Fruit, 11 mm. × 2.3 mm. wide, stipitate, 2 mm., pendulous, hairs, basifixed black appressed.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1991, 24 Jul 2018.

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Photographed 19 January 2019.

Coll. No. 1991, 24 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, 15 cm., caulescent, sprawling; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 4.5 mm. × 2 mm. wide, petiole, 35 mm., blade, 70 mm. × 10 mm. wide, leaflets, #23, 9.2 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, sparse white basifixed hairs; Inflorescence, raceme, #10 flowers, pedicels, 1 mm.; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm., hairs basifixed black appressed; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 8 mm., white to blue, with prominent white and blue stripes in middle, reflexed at middle, back glabrous, wings, 7 mm., <keel, keel, 8 mm., tip blunt, glabrous throughout; Style, persistent, Stigma, round, glabrous; Fruit, 11 mm. × 2.3 mm. wide, stipitate, 2 mm., pendulous, hairs, basifixed black appressed.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Colorado State Highway 82: at Brumley.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1991, 24 Jul 2018.

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Photographed 16 December 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2603, 15 Jul 2021.

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Scanned 30 December 2016.

Coll. No 1471, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 12 cm., caulescent, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, stipules, 5 mm., connate opposite petiole, alternate, to 80 mm., compound, leaflets, #21, 5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, ovate; Calyx, tube 2 mm. + lobes 1 mm. mostly black hairy, few white hairs; Flowers, spreading to deflexed; Banner, 5 mm + 4 mm. reflexed, blue; Wings, 8 mm. yellowish-white, apex obtuse; Keel, 8.5 mm., > wings, blue distally; Fruit, unknown.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1471, 29 Jun 2016.

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Scanned 30 December 2016.

Coll. No 1471, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 12 cm., caulescent, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, stipules, 5 mm., connate opposite petiole, alternate, to 80 mm., compound, leaflets, #21, 5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, ovate; Calyx, tube 2 mm. + lobes 1 mm. mostly black hairy, few white hairs; Flowers, spreading to deflexed; Banner, 5 mm + 4 mm. reflexed, blue; Wings, 8 mm. yellowish-white, apex obtuse; Keel, 8.5 mm., > wings, blue distally; Fruit, unknown.

Article records that use this photograph:

• County Route 3, Lake County, Colorado.: at CR 3E.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1471, 29 Jun 2016.

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Photographed 24 July 2013.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Old Highway 395, Mono County, California: at Walker Ck.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1021.

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Scanned 3 January 2015.

Coll. No. 1021, 24 Jul 2013, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb to 35 cm., from rhizome, not gland-dotted; Stipules, surrounding stem forming a sheath; Leaves, compound, odd pinnate, hairs branched (appearance is more like double-ended and anchored in middle); Leaflets, 17-21, tip without gland; Inflorescence, many flowers in a head-like spike; Flowers, 13 mm., greenish; Keel, 10 mm., tip purple-tinged, rounded.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Old Highway 395, Mono County, California: at Walker Ck.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1021.

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Scanned 3 Oct 2011. Coll. No. 614, Astragalus casei

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 614, 27 Jun 2010..

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Scanned 3 Oct 2011. Shows that the stipules, while enlarged are not conate into a sheath.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 614, 27 Jun 2010..

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Scanned 3 Oct 2011.

Article records that use this photograph:

• California Highway 120: near Dutch.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 614, 27 Jun 2010..

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Scanned 30 November 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 25 May 2004.

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Scanned 19 May 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 282, 24 Apr 2001.

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Scanned 22 November 2012.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 154.2.

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Phototographed 20 June 2020.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 20 Jun 2020.

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Photographed 12 May 2020.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Schweich Hill, Jefferson County, Colorado

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Astragalus crassicarpus.
• Field Notes: 12 May 2020.

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Photographed 20 December 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1943, 15 Jun 2018.

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Scanned 25 August 2019.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 11 August 2019.

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Photographed 22 May 2017.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1624, 22 May 2017.

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Scanned 3 December 2017.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1624, 22 May 2017.

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Scanned 4 November 2018.

Coll. No. 1851, 18 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm., Leaves, compound, stipules free, petiole, 15 mm., blade, 85 mm. × 22 mm. wide, leaflets, #23, 11 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, terminal leaflet, not a tendril, hairs, simple, appressed, straight, Calyx, tube 8 mm. + lobes 3 mm., hairs, simple, some light and some dark, Flower, zygomorphic, white to blue, banner, 24 mm., glabrous, wings, claw, 10 mm., blade, 10 mm., keel, 20 mm., tip, obtuse; Style, persistent, 8 mm.; Fruit, 17 mm. × 7.3 mm. wide, oblong, glabrous.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1851, 18 May 2018.

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Photographed 15 June 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1943, 15 Jun 2018.

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Photographed 22 May 2017.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Astragalus crassicarpus.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1624, 22 May 2017.

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Scanned 16 October 2015.

This flower has been partially dissected.

1. The calyx has been split and peeled back to the upper right.
2. The banner has been lifted up to reveal the wings and keel.
3. The wing on the front side has been removed and placed below the keel.
4. The ovary, fused filaments, and anthers have been lifted out of the keel and placed in from of it.

Coll. No. 1141, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm., caulescent; Stem, rachis, abaxial leaf surfaces, and calyx spreading hairy, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, compound, odd-pinnate, stipules, 9 mm., free, entire, leaflets, 23-27, 19 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, wavy hairy abaxially and marginally, ±glabrous adaxially; Calyx, tube 6 mm. + lobes 3 mm. = 9 mm., green at base to cream color at tube and lobes, few dark wavy hairs, persistent; Corolla, 17 mm., color cream, banner, 17 mm., wings, claw 6 mm. + blade 9 mm., tip obtuse, keel, 14 mm., tip purple, Ovary, 9 mm.; Style, 4 mm., glabrous, persistent; Fruit, stalked 12 mm. + body 26 mm. × 4 mm. Wide, pendant, smooth, glabrous, not inflated.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1141, 9 Jun 2015.

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Photographed 9 June 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Astragalus drummondii.
• Mesa Top Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado: on lower trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1141, 9 Jun 2015.

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Scanned 16 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1141, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm., caulescent; Stem, rachis, abaxial leaf surfaces, and calyx spreading hairy, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, compound, odd-pinnate, stipules, 9 mm., free, entire, leaflets, 23-27, 19 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, wavy hairy abaxially and marginally, ±glabrous adaxially; Calyx, tube 6 mm. + lobes 3 mm. = 9 mm., green at base to cream color at tube and lobes, few dark wavy hairs, persistent; Corolla, 17 mm., color cream, banner, 17 mm., wings, claw 6 mm. + blade 9 mm., tip obtuse, keel, 14 mm., tip purple, Ovary, 9 mm.; Style, 4 mm., glabrous, persistent; Fruit, stalked 12 mm. + body 26 mm. × 4 mm. wide, pendant, smooth, glabrous, not inflated.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Mesa Top Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado: on lower trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1141, 9 Jun 2015.

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Scanned 16 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1141, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm., caulescent; Stem, rachis, abaxial leaf surfaces, and calyx spreading hairy, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, compound, odd-pinnate, stipules, 9 mm., free, entire, leaflets, 23-27, 19 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, wavy hairy abaxially and marginally, ±glabrous adaxially; Calyx, tube 6 mm. + lobes 3 mm. = 9 mm., green at base to cream color at tube and lobes, few dark wavy hairs, persistent; Corolla, 17 mm., color cream, banner, 17 mm., wings, claw 6 mm. + blade 9 mm., tip obtuse, keel, 14 mm., tip purple, Ovary, 9 mm.; Style, 4 mm., glabrous, persistent; Fruit, stalked 12 mm. + body 26 mm. × 4 mm. wide, pendant, smooth, glabrous, not inflated.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Astragalus drummondii.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1141, 9 Jun 2015.

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Photographed 5 December 2016.

Coll. No. 1415, 10 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial, caulescent, to 40 cm., hairs basifixed throughout; Stem, not flexuous or zigzag distally, light brown above, purplish at base; Stipules, 6 mm., connate opposite petiole proximally; Leaves, cauline, alternate, compound, leaflets, #15, 15 mm. × 3.3 mm. wide, glabrous adaxially, hairy abaxially; Inflorescence, axillary racemes, flowers, #21; Calyx, tubes 3 mm. + lobes 1 mm. = 4 mm.; Flowers, spreading, 10 mm., ochroleucous proximally, blue distally, banner, 9.5 mm., wings, 8 mm., keel, 6 mm.; Fruit, unknown, immature, developing short stipitate and hairy.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1415, 10 Jun 2016.

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Scanned 22 December 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1949, 17 Jun 2018.

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Scanned 22 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1148, 15 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., not vine-like, caulescent, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, compound, odd pinnate, leaflets ±15, terminal leaflet not modified into tendril, stipules, entire, not lobed at base, not connate, leaflets, 12 mm. × 4 mm. wide, oblong, notched, terminal leaflet 7 mm. < uppermost pair 8 mm.; Inflorescence, raceme; Calyx, 4 mm., not inflated in fruit; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 9 mm., wings (2), 9 mm., keel, 5.5 mm., <wings, not beaked; Style, 3 mm., glabrous, persistent; Fruit, 9 mm. × 4.5 mm., substipitate 1 mm., not inflated, compression lateral sparse appressed hairs.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1148, 15 Jun 2015.

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Photographed 15 June 2015.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Colorado School of Mines Survey Field, Jefferson County, Colorado

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1148, 15 Jun 2015.

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Scanned 22 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1148, 15 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., not vine-like, caulescent, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, compound, odd pinnate, leaflets ±15, terminal leaflet not modified into tendril, stipules, entire, not lobed at base, not connate, leaflets, 12 mm. × 4 mm. wide, oblong, notched, terminal leaflet 7 mm. < uppermost pair 8 mm.; Inflorescence, raceme; Calyx, 4 mm., not inflated in fruit; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 9 mm., wings (2), 9 mm., keel, 5.5 mm., <wings, not beaked; Style, 3 mm., glabrous, persistent; Fruit, 9 mm. × 4.5 mm., substipitate 1 mm., not inflated, compression lateral sparse appressed hairs.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Astragalus flexuosus.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1148, 15 Jun 2015.

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Scanned 22 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1148, 15 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., not vine-like, caulescent, hairs basifixed; Leaves, cauline, compound, odd pinnate, leaflets ±15, terminal leaflet not modified into tendril, stipules, entire, not lobed at base, not connate, leaflets, 12 mm. × 4 mm. wide, oblong, notched, terminal leaflet 7 mm. < uppermost pair 8 mm.; Inflorescence, raceme; Calyx, 4 mm., not inflated in fruit; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 9 mm., wings (2), 9 mm., keel, 5.5 mm., <wings, not beaked; Style, 3 mm., glabrous, persistent; Fruit, 9 mm. × 4.5 mm., substipitate 1 mm., not inflated, compression lateral sparse appressed hairs.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1148, 15 Jun 2015.

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Photographed 6 February 2022.

Decumbent-spreading, hairs basifixed, 17 lflts, calyx not inflated 5+1, banner 15, fruit stipitate, somewhat inflated, dorso-ventral compressed, glabrate.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2696, 16 Aug 2021.

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Grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 200806060542.
• Glossary: decurrent.

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Grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 200806060542.

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Grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 200806060542.

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Photographed 1 September 2022.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2809, 13 Jun 2022.

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Photographed 20 January 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3160, 26 Jul 2023.

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Photographed 15 June 2022.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2809, 13 Jun 2022.

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Scanned 2 December 2016.

Coll. No. 1400, 8 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm., caulescent, hairs dolabriform; Leaves, cauline, compound, leaflets, #17, 17 mm. × 5 mm. wide, elliptic, tip cuspidate, terminal leaflet jointed to rachis; Calyx, tube 6 mm. + lobes 5 mm. = 11 mm.; Flowers, 14 mm., whitish; Legume, more erect than flower.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Astragalus laxmannii robustior.
• North Table Mountain Trail, City of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: near ridge.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1400, 8 Jun 2016.

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Scanned 27 Sep 2011. Collection locality is Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California.

Coll. No. 619, 29 Jun 2013, characters observed: Perennial subshrub of Great Basin sagebrush desert (Mono Lake basin is in nSNE); Hairs basifixed, simple; Root crown, at ground surface; Leaves, 1-pinnate, odd-pinnate, main axis extending as a leaflet; Leaflets >> 7, typically 23, mid leaflets 5 mm. × 2.2 mm. wide, spaced 2 mm., tip rounded, sparsely hairy, green (not ashy-gray or silvery), both surfaces ±equal in appearance; Stipules, 3 mm., not connate, sheaths 0; Calyx conspicuous, base ±symmetric; Sepals, fused 3.5 mm. + free 2 mm.; Flowers, bilateral, 18-20 in a spike, not head-like; Corolla conspicuous; Petals ochroleucus (not pink-purple); Banner 8 mm. when dry; Wings 8 mm.; Keel 6 mm.; Stamens, 9 fused, 1 free; Style tip and stigma glabrous; Fruit, 12 mm. long, stipe 0, glabrous, 2-chambered; Seeds, several.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: at Adobe Hills Spillway.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 619, 29 Jun 2010.

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Photograph taken July 7, 2009.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: in Mono Valley.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 578, 7 Jul 2009.

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Scanned May 6, 2010, grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 578, 7 Jul 2009.

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Scanned May 6, 2010, grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 578, 7 Jul 2009.

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Scanned May 4, 2010, grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 581, near Adobe Hills Spillway.

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Scanned 27 Sep 2011. Collection locality is Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California.

Coll. No. 619, 29 Jun 2013, characters observed: Perennial subshrub of Great Basin sagebrush desert (Mono Lake basin is in nSNE); Hairs basifixed, simple; Root crown, at ground surface; Leaves, 1-pinnate, odd-pinnate, main axis extending as a leaflet; Leaflets >> 7, typically 23, mid leaflets 5 mm. × 2.2 mm. wide, spaced 2 mm., tip rounded, sparsely hairy, green (not ashy-gray or silvery), both surfaces ±equal in appearance; Stipules, 3 mm., not connate, sheaths 0; Calyx conspicuous, base ±symmetric; Sepals, fused 3.5 mm. + free 2 mm.; Flowers, bilateral, 18-20 in a spike, not head-like; Corolla conspicuous; Petals ochroleucus (not pink-purple); Banner 8 mm. when dry; Wings 8 mm.; Keel 6 mm.; Stamens, 9 fused, 1 free; Style tip and stigma glabrous; Fruit, 12 mm. long, stipe 0, glabrous, 2-chambered; Seeds, several.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: at Adobe Hills Spillway.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 619, 29 Jun 2010.

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Scanned May 4, 2010, grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 581, near Adobe Hills Spillway.

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Scanned 29 November 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 418.
• Coyote Road: Coyote Summit.

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Scanned 19 May 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 219, 27 Apr 2000.

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Scanned 29 November 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 419.
• Coyote Road: Coyote Summit.

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Photographed 29 November 2012. Smallest scale marks are 1 mm. Photograph is intended to show the fruit is two-chambered.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 418.

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Scanned 29 November 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 418.

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Photographed 29 November 2012. Smallest scale marks are 1 mm. Photograph is intended to show the fruit is two-chambered.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 419.
• Coyote Road: Coyote Summit.

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Scanned 29 November 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 419.

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Photographed 19 January 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3155, 26 Jul 2023.

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Photograph taken 2 September 2010.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 01S27K, Mono County, California: 74000.
• Field Notes: 2 Sep 2010.

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Photograph taken 5 July 2010 in Big Sand Flat.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010.

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Photograph taken 5 July 2010 in Big Sand Flat.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010.

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Photograph taken 5 July 2010 in Big Sand Flat.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010.
• A Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: near Sagehen Summit.

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Photograph taken 5 July 2010 in Big Sand Flat.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 01S27K, Mono County, California: 74000.
• Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010.

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Photographed 22 June 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• "120 Cutoff," Inyo Forest Road 1S06, Mono County, California: at water tank.
• Field Notes: Obs. No. 1153.

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Photographed 22 June 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• "120 Cutoff," Inyo Forest Road 1S06, Mono County, California: at water tank.
• Field Notes: Obs. No. 1153.

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Photographed 30 May 2012.

The plants were found in the brownish area outlined in dashes.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Airfield Flat, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 02S114, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: at x-2S259.
• Field Notes: 30 May 2012.

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Photographed 30 May 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 02S114, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: at x-2S259.
• Field Notes: 30 May 2012.

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Photographed 23 June 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 1S19B (1S181), Mono County, California: at coll. locality.
• Field Notes: Obs. No. 1157, 23 Jun 2015.

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Photograph taken 20 June 2011 at a location high on the Horseshoe Canyon Moraine.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Inyo Forest Road 1S104, Mono County, California: on the moraine.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 768, 20 Jun 2011.

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Scanned 22 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 768, 22 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial to 5 cm, generally of GB, rather than D, or CA-FP; Caudex base beset with old leaf bases; Pubesence simple, attached at basal end (rather than middle); Leaves bases persistent; Stipules not connate into a sheath; Leaflets 5, 3 mm wide, not spine-tipped, terminal leaflet jounted to mid-rib; Flowers pink-purple; Pods pubescent, obscuring pod surface, trichomes long wavy (maybe varying in length, but unable to distinguish separate short and long hairs).

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 768, 20 Jun 2011.

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Scanned 22 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 768, 22 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial to 5 cm, generally of GB, rather than D, or CA-FP; Caudex base beset with old leaf bases; Pubesence simple, attached at basal end (rather than middle); Leaves bases persistent; Stipules not connate into a sheath; Leaflets 5, 3 mm wide, not spine-tipped, terminal leaflet jounted to mid-rib; Flowers pink-purple; Pods pubescent, obscuring pod surface, trichomes long wavy (maybe varying in length, but unable to distinguish separate short and long hairs).

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 768, 20 Jun 2011.

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Photographed 27 November 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.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2970, 14 Jun 2023.

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Scanned 22 November 2012.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Pigeon Stamp Mill, Esmeralda County, Nevada

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 407.
• Palmetto Wash Road: at Pigeon Stamp Mill.

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Scanned 17 October 2018.

Coll. No. 1826, 16 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 10 cm., acaulescent; Leaves, compound, petiole, 50 mm., blade, 90 mm. × 37 mm. wide, leaflets, #13, 17 mm. × 10 mm. wide, terminal leaflet not a tendril, petiole, rachis, and leaflets with appressed stiff straight hairs; Inflorescence, not an umbel; Calyx, tube 6 mm. + lobes 4 mm., hairs similar; Flower, zygomorphic, banner 22 mm., wings 18 mm., clawed, keel, 22 mm., tip obtuse; Fruit, 35 mm. × 10 mm. wide, falcate, appressed stiff basifixed straight hairs.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1826, 16 May 2018.

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Scanned 3 December 2016.

Article records that use this photograph:

• North Table Loop, Jefferson County, Colorado: spoils pile.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1405, 8 Jun 2016.

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Scanned 7 December 2021.

Coll. No. 2577, 12 July 2021, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm., caulescent, weak; Stem, strigose; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, leaflets, #15, 12 mm. × 2 mm. wide, linear-oblong, strigose; Calyx, tube 2 mm. + lobes 1.8 mm., black strigose, not inflated in fruit; Flowers, 6.5 mm., white(ish), keel, 5 mm., purple-spotted; Fruit, spreading, short stipitate, 5.5 mm., laterally compressed, strigose with black and few white hairs.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Colorado, Pike-San Isabel Forest, Forest Road 435: 61000.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2577, 12 Jul 2021.

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Photographed 7 December 2021.

Coll. No. 2577, 12 July 2021, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 35 cm., caulescent, weak; Stem, strigose; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, leaflets, #15, 12 mm. × 2 mm. wide, linear-oblong, strigose; Calyx, tube 2 mm. + lobes 1.8 mm., black strigose, not inflated in fruit; Flowers, 6.5 mm., white(ish), keel, 5 mm., purple-spotted; Fruit, spreading, short stipitate, 5.5 mm., laterally compressed, strigose with black and few white hairs.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Colorado, Pike-San Isabel Forest, Forest Road 435: 61000.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2577, 12 Jul 2021.

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Scanned 20 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 767, 20 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial not densely hairy; Stipules connate into a sheath; Leaf hairs simple, appressed; Leaflets of mid-cauline leaves < 23 (Obs: 11, 13, 17), not spiny; Pedicel 1 mm; Calyx 5 mm, base symmetric, pedicel attached ±middle; Fruit young glabrous and stipitate (has a stalk), red mottling visible on very young pods.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 767, 20 Jun 2011..

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Photograph taken 20 June 2011 at a location high on the Horseshoe Canyon Moraine.

Coll. No. 767, 20 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial not densely hairy; Stipules connate into a sheath; Leaf hairs simple, appressed; Leaflets of mid-cauline leaves < 23 (Obs: 11, 13, 17), not spiny; Pedicel 1 mm; Calyx 5 mm, base symmetric, pedicel attached ±middle; Fruit young glabrous and stipitate (has a stalk), red mottling visible on very young pods.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Inyo Forest Road 1S104, Mono County, California: on the moraine.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 767, 20 Jun 2011..

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Photograph taken 22 June 2011.

The water was flowing down one tread of the road.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Unnamed Road to Mine, Mono County, California: below mill site.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 783, 22 Jun 2011.
• Notes to accompany the Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake basin.: Things to Check.

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Scanned 8 November 2013.

Coll. No. 783, 22 June 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb, of Great Basin, to 30 cm., not obviously gland-dotted, sparse hairs of one kind; Leaf, 1-pinnate, leaflets 11-17, largest 18 mm. × 3 mm. wide, leaf main axis extending as a leaflet, terminal leaflet jointed to midrib, hairs simple, tip without gland; Stipules, free, not spiny, lower stipule sheaths fused around stem; Inflorescence, calyx and corolla conspicuous, flowers many (±12) in a head-like raceme; Calyx, base asymmetric but not strongly so, upper side not pouched; Sepals, fused 5 mm. + free 2 mm. = 7 mm.; Flowers, bilateral; Corolla, 13 mm., white to pink, banner 10 mm., wings ±=keel, keel lip rounded; Style tip and stigma glabrous; Fruit, not available.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Unnamed Road to Mine, Mono County, California: below mill site.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 783, 22 Jun 2011.
• Notes to accompany the Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake basin.: Things to Check.

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Photographed 13 April 2017.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Willow Spring, Clark County, Nevada

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 13 Apr 2017.
• Rocky Gap Road, Redrock Canyon National Conservation Area, Clark County, Nevada: at Willow Sprs.

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Photographed 13 April 2017.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Willow Spring, Clark County, Nevada

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 13 Apr 2017.
• Rocky Gap Road, Redrock Canyon National Conservation Area, Clark County, Nevada: at Willow Sprs.

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Photographed 14 June 2019.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Colutea arborescens.
• Wyoming Street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: at N trail.
• Field Notes: 14 Jun 2019.

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Photographed 14 June 2019.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 14 Jun 2019.

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Photographed 6 October 2014.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Cressmans Gulch (lower), Jefferson County, Colorado

Article records that use this photograph:

• Wyoming Street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: at N trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1066.

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Scanned 6 October 2014.

Collection No. 1066, 6 October 2014, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 2 m., woody below; Stem erect, unarmed; Leaves compound, odd-pinnate (with terminal leaflet); Leaflets, 11, 16 mm. × 12 mm. wide, notched at tip, glabrous above, sparsely appressed hairy below; Inflorescence a raceme, axillary, 9± flowers; Calyx, 5-merous, 5 mm. × 6 mm. dia., appressed hairy; Flowers, 19 mm., yellow, with dark markings; Banner, 10 mm.; Wings, 10 mm. × 4 mm., reduced in comparison to Lupinus; Keel, fully enclosing stamens and pistil, glabrous; Stamens, 10; Filaments, 9 fused, 1 free; Style, recurved; Fruit, inflated, bladder-like, 50 mm. × 22 mm., walls papery, color reddish fading to brown, base stalk-like; Seeds, reniform, flattened, 6 mm. × 4 mm. × 2 mm., brown, surface smooth; native to southern Europe.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Wyoming Street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: at N trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1066.

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Photographed 6 October 2014.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Wyoming Street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: at N trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1066.

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Photographed 6 October 2014.

Collection No. 1066, 6 October 2014, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 2 m., woody below; Stem erect, unarmed; Leaves compound, odd-pinnate (with terminal leaflet); Leaflets, 11, 16 mm. × 12 mm. wide, notched at tip, glabrous above, sparsely appressed hairy below; Inflorescence a raceme, axillary, 9± flowers; Calyx, 5-merous, 5 mm. × 6 mm. dia., appressed hairy; Flowers, 19 mm., yellow, with dark markings; Banner, 10 mm.; Wings, 10 mm. × 4 mm., reduced in comparison to Lupinus; Keel, fully enclosing stamens and pistil, glabrous; Stamens, 10; Filaments, 9 fused, 1 free; Style, recurved; Fruit, inflated, bladder-like, 50 mm. × 22 mm., walls papery, color reddish fading to brown, base stalk-like; Seeds, reniform, flattened, 6 mm. × 4 mm. × 2 mm., brown, surface smooth; native to southern Europe.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Wyoming Street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: at N trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1066.

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Photographed on Winter Solstice, 21 December 2014.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Wyoming Street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: at N trail.
• Field Notes: Sunday, December 21st.

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Photographed 22 November 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Dalea candida.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2544, 29 Jun 2021.

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Scanned 5 Jan 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 737, 26 Apr 2011.

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Scanned 5 Jan 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 737, 26 Apr 2011.

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Photograph taken 26 April 2011.

Article records that use this photograph:

• 7 Dash Ranch Road, Cochise County, Arizona: near the fence.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 737, 26 Apr 2011.

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Scanned 23 October 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 350.

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Scanned 23 October 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 350.

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Photographed 12 July 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Dalea purpurea.
• Water Tank Road, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: above the curve.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1197, 12 Jul 2015.

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Photographed 12 July 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Dalea purpurea.
• Water Tank Road, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: above the curve.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1197, 12 Jul 2015.

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Photographed 17 July 2013.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Jean Sweeney Open Space Preserve, Alameda County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1003.

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Photographed 17 July 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Plainview Road, Jefferson County, Colorado.: near coll loc west.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1222, 16 Jul 2015.

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Scanned 14 December 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Glycyrrhiza lepidota.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1222, 16 Jul 2015.

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Photographed 29 October 2021.

Coll. No. 2503, 4 June 2021, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Leaves, pinnately compound with tendrils, leaflets, 6 (3 pair), tendril, to 40 mm., some forked, most coiled; Calyx, fused 3.5 mm., free 2 mm.; Flowers, zygomorphic, petals, white, banner, 12 mm., flexed at middle, veins purple; Style, flattened.

In Ackerfield (2015), Lathyrus lanszwertii Kellogg var. laetivirens (Greene ex Rydb.) S. L. Welsh. In Weber & Wittmann (2012), Lathyrus leucanthus Rydb. In Plants of the World (2021), Lathyrus laetivirens Greene ex Rydb.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2503, 4 Jun 2021.

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Photographed 2 February 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3212, 8 Sep 2023.

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Photographed 11 December 2023.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3009, 29 Jun 2023.

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Photographed 17 August 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Bay Farm Shoreline Path, Alameda, Alameda County, CA: along n. shore.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 884.

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Photographed 17 August 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Bay Farm Shoreline Path, Alameda, Alameda County, CA: along n. shore.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 884.

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Scanned 26 January 2013.

Article records that use this photograph:

• North Loop Road, Harbor Business Park, City of Alameda, Alameda County, California: 47000.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 820.

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Photographed 25 June 2015.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Lee Vining Creek, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Spur Road to Lee Vining Creek Delta, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: at lake side.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1181, 25 Jun 2015.

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Photographed 25 June 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Spur Road to Lee Vining Creek Delta, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: at lake side.

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Scanned 1 December 2012.

Coll. No. 298, keyed 1 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial of Great Basin, to 45 cm.; Leaf palmate; Leaflets 12-14, 35 mm. x 7 mm. wide, strigose; Calyx 6 mm., hairy, spur 1 mm. +, lower lip folded down; Bract 4-5 mm.; Corolla yellow; Banner 9 mm., back hairy, else glabrous; Wings 10 mm., dense patch of hair near tip; Keel ciliate in distal half.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 298.

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Photographed 7 November 2024.

Coll. No. 3246, 8 June 2024, characters observed: Perennial, of dry mixed-grass prairie, to 60 cm., caulescent, hairy but not densely villous; Leaves, cauline, palmate; Leaflets, #9, lance-linear, 56 mm. × 7 mm. wide, many folded, more hairy adaxial, less hairy abaxial; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 3 mm., tube gibbous; Corolla, 8 mm., closed appearance, blue, banner, recurved 3 mm. below apex, back glabrous, eyespot pale.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3246, 8 Jun 2024.
• Glossary: gibbous.

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Photographed 7 November 2024.

Coll. No. 3246, 8 June 2024, characters observed: Perennial, of dry mixed-grass prairie, to 60 cm., caulescent, hairy but not densely villous; Leaves, cauline, palmate; Leaflets, #9, lance-linear, 56 mm. × 7 mm. wide, many folded, more hairy adaxial, less hairy abaxial; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 3 mm., tube gibbous; Corolla, 8 mm., closed appearance, blue, banner, recurved 3 mm. below apex, back glabrous, eyespot pale.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3246, 8 Jun 2024.

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Photographed 8 June 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3246, 8 Jun 2024.

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Scanned 17 May 2011.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 13 Jul 2010.

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Photograph taken 15 Jul 2010 northeast of the house in Sagehen Meadow.

The purpose of this photo is to illustrate that the banner backs are hairy. You car see the hairs on the proximal blue portion of the banner. There are also hairs in the white patch in the mid-banner.

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Photograph taken 15 Jul 2010 northeast of the house in Sagehen Meadow.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 13 Jul 2010.

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Scanned 17 May 2011.

Detail showing small spur.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 13 Jul 2010.
• Glossary: spur.

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Scanned 17 May 2011.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 13 Jul 2010.

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Scanned 26 Oct 2011.

This was an attempt to visualize the stem hairs. The question is: are they appressed? The scan makes it look like the stem hairs are spreading, but under the microscope, about 2/3 of the hairs are appressed, and 1/3 spreading.

Characters observed while keying: Perennial > 1 dm, stem hairs appressed, leaves cauline, petioles 4-4.5mm, calyx spurred <= 1 mm, banner back hairy, keel upper margin ciliate distal half.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 22 Jul 2010.

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Scanned 6 December 2015.

Coll. No. 1208, 13 Jul 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Leaves, cauline, leaflets, adaxial glabrous; Calyx, spur <1 mm.; Banner, recurved from >mid-point (3.0-3.5 mm.), back hairy at middle; Keel, ciliate distally above. Unclear as to variety of L. argenteus or possible hybrid with L. caudatus.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1208, 13 Jul 2015.

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Scanned 14 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1137, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., caulescent, generally appressed hairy, except as noted; Leaves, cauline, petiole 25 mm., appressed hairy, blade, palmately compound, leaflets, 7, 40 mm. × 6 mm. wide, lanceolate, glabrous adaxially, appressed hairy abaxially; Inflorescence, 15-20 cm., elongating as it matures; Pedicel, 3 mm., densely spreading hairs; Calyx, 5 mm., hairy, persistent; Flowers, spur, <1 mm., corolla, white with blue-lavender stripes, banner, 11 mm., recurved from a point 4 mm. below apex, back lightly hairy, wings, 12 mm., keel, shallow, glabrous except few small hairs below, pouched down mid-keel; Style, 9 mm., persistent; Fruit, 10 mm. × 3 mm. high, shaggy hairy.

Weber & Wittmann (2012) use “keel glabrous” as a key character. Harrington (1954) and Ackerfield (2015) neither use keel decoration as a key character nor do they describe the decoration of the keel. California floras, e.g., Munz (1965) and Baldwin (2012), use a ciliate keel, as a key character to identify L. argenteus. Welch, et al. (1993) note that the keel can be glabrous or variously ciliate.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Mesa Top Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado: on the downward slope.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1137, 9 Jun 2015.

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Scanned 14 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1137, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., caulescent, generally appressed hairy, except as noted; Leaves, cauline, petiole 25 mm., appressed hairy, blade, palmately compound, leaflets, 7, 40 mm. × 6 mm. wide, lanceolate, glabrous adaxially, appressed hairy abaxially; Inflorescence, 15-20 cm., elongating as it matures; Pedicel, 3 mm., densely spreading hairs; Calyx, 5 mm., hairy, persistent; Flowers, spur, <1 mm., corolla, white with blue-lavender stripes, banner, 11 mm., recurved from a point 4 mm. below apex, back lightly hairy, wings, 12 mm., keel, shallow, glabrous except few small hairs below, pouched down mid-keel; Style, 9 mm., persistent; Fruit, 10 mm. × 3 mm. high, shaggy hairy.

Weber & Wittmann (2012) use “keel glabrous” as a key character. Harrington (1954) and Ackerfield (2015) neither use keel decoration as a key character nor do they describe the decoration of the keel. California floras, e.g., Munz (1965) and Baldwin (2012), use a ciliate keel, as a key character to identify L. argenteus. Welch, et al. (1993) note that the keel can be glabrous or variously ciliate.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1137, 9 Jun 2015.

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Photographed 9 June 2015.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Mesa Top Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado: on the downward slope.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1137, 9 Jun 2015.

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Scanned 14 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1137, 9 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., caulescent, generally appressed hairy, except as noted; Leaves, cauline, petiole 25 mm., appressed hairy, blade, palmately compound, leaflets, 7, 40 mm. × 6 mm. wide, lanceolate, glabrous adaxially, appressed hairy abaxially; Inflorescence, 15-20 cm., elongating as it matures; Pedicel, 3 mm., densely spreading hairs; Calyx, 5 mm., hairy, persistent; Flowers, spur, <1 mm., corolla, white with blue-lavender stripes, banner, 11 mm., recurved from a point 4 mm. below apex, back lightly hairy, wings, 12 mm., keel, shallow, glabrous except few small hairs below, pouched down mid-keel; Style, 9 mm., persistent; Fruit, 10 mm. × 3 mm. high, shaggy hairy.

Weber & Wittmann (2012) use “keel glabrous” as a key character. Harrington (1954) and Ackerfield (2015) neither use keel decoration as a key character nor do they describe the decoration of the keel. California floras, e.g., Munz (1965) and Baldwin (2012), use a ciliate keel, as a key character to identify L. argenteus. Welch, et al. (1993) note that the keel can be glabrous or variously ciliate.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1137, 9 Jun 2015.

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Scanned 5 Nov 2011

Coll. No. 679, 5 Nov 2011, Characters observed while keying: Perennial, herb, >= 3 dm tall (obs: 4.5-5 dm); Leaves cauline, spread along stem; Leaflets 22-38 mm, upper surface appressed hairy, not wooly; Infloresence open; Pedicels slender, 4-5 mm; Calyx spur mere bulge; Bracts persistent; Flower white, 10-11 mm; Banner base lightly hairy, back glabrous; Keel upper margin ciliate claw to tip not uniform, cilia density increases claw to tip.

Keys to Lupinus holmgrenanus in TJM1, L. gracilentus in TJM2, L. argenteus var. meionanthus in TJDM, and L. pratensis var. eriostachyus in Taylor (2010). The larger flower size of 10-11 mm is usually what gets one off track while keying. Also, the persistence of the bracts can be a problem.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 23 Jul 2010.

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Scanned 22 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 770, 22 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb; Leaves basal ?, cauline leaves plentiful, petioles 5-8 cm; Leaflets 7 to 3 cm x 1 cm wide, hairs straight appressed, Calyx definitely bulged, but <= 1 mm; Flower to 10 mm; Banner back hairy; Keel strongly ciliate distal end, few cilia proximal end; Style persistent; Pods hairy, 1 cm (but may not be mature).

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 770, 20 Jun 2011..

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Scanned 22 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 770, 22 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb; Leaves basal ?, cauline leaves plentiful, petioles 5-8 cm; Leaflets 7 to 3 cm x 1 cm wide, hairs straight appressed, Calyx definitely bulged, but <= 1 mm; Flower to 10 mm; Banner back hairy; Keel strongly ciliate distal end, few cilia proximal end; Style persistent; Pods hairy, 1 cm (but may not be mature).

Article records that use this photograph:

• Inyo Forest Road 1S104, Mono County, California: on the moraine.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 770, 20 Jun 2011..

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Photographed 26 December 2018.

Coll. No. 1954, 20 June 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 70 cm., caulescent, erect; Stem, not winged, hairs basifixed; Leaves, compound, palmate, stipules, free, 4 mm., petiole, 25-60 mm., blade, largest, 60 mm. × 100 mm. wide, leaflets, #7, largest, 57 mm. × 17 mm. wide, margin, entire, petiole and abaxial surface short straight appressed hairs, adaxial glabrous; Inflorescence, raceme, 30+ flowers, bract, 4 mm., pedicels, 0-4.5 mm. as flowers mature, Calyx, asymmetric, 4.5 mm., hairs simple; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 8 mm., reflexed distal ⅔ (±3 mm. from tip), giving shallowly gaping appearance, back has a few hairs, wings, claw, 2.5 mm., + blade 8 mm. = 10.5 mm., keel, 9.6 mm., glabrous throughout, white to dark blue, tip erect; Ovary, 4 mm. × 0.7 mm. wide, glabrous.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1954, 20 Jun 2018.

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Photographed 15 January 2019.

Coll. No. 1984, 23 July 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 65 cm., caulescent, erect; Stem, not winged, Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 7 mm., linear, petiole, 30-32 mm., sparsely appressed hairy, blade, 65 mm. × 67 mm. wide, reduced above, leaflets, #7, 40 mm. × 11 mm. wide, oblanceolate, leaflets generally flat, some younger leaflets folded, adaxial sparse appressed hairy, more dense on mid-rib, abaxial glabrous; Inflorescence, raceme, 133 mm. × 23 mm. wide, many flowers (#34 observed), pedicels, 1.5-2.5 mm.; Calyx, asymmetric, tube 1.5 mm. + lobes 2.0 & 4.5 mm., gibbous rather than spurred; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 7.5 mm., blue, without yellow spot, reflexed at 2/3, back, glabrous, wings, claw 2 mm. + blade 6.5 mm., white to blue, keel, 8 mm., glabrous, white to purple-black, tip, prominent erect; Ovary, 3 mm. × 0.6 mm. wide, glabrous; Style, persistent; Stigma, simple, glabrous; Fruit, 22 mm. × 6.5 mm. wide, flat, hairs, soft spreading. While this keys fairly easily to var. rubricaulis in Ackerfield (2015) and Welsh et al. (1993), neither mention red stems and petioles in Greene's (1901) original description. Rather they distinguish by the (lack of) folding of the leaflets and the habitat. Weber & Wittman (2012) do not treat varieties of L. argenteus.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 134 “Trail Road,” San Isabel National Forest, Lake County, Colorado: near bottom.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1984, 23 Jul 2018.

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Photographed 24 Novenber 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3276, 21 Jun 2024.

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Photographed 14 January 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3128, 19 Jul 2023.

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Photographed 27 November 2022.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2872, 19 Jul 2022.

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Photographed 26 December 2017.

Coll. No. 1675, 19 Jun 2018, characters observed: Perennial, to 1 m.; Leaves, cauline, petiole 35-40 mm., palmately compound, 44 mm. × 70 mm. wide, leaflets, 7-9, 36 mm. × 9 mm. wide, oblanceolate, veins 1, adaxial glabrate, abaxial appressed hairy; Inflorescence, well above the leaves, 25 cm. × 3.5 mm. wide; Pedicel, 3.5 mm., recurved, silky hairy; Calyx, silky hairy, lower lobe, 9 mm., upper lobe, 6 mm., spur, more a bump, ≤1 mm.; Banner, 9 mm., reflexed 2.5 mm from tip, folded tightly over wings, back hairy inside folds; Wing, 10 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, claw, 1.5 mm. × 1 mm. wide; Keel, 10 mm., hairy on bottom, tip dark, recurved <3 mm. giving closed appearance; Style, glabrous; Stigma, small, 4-lobed.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1675, 19 Jun 2017.

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Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 461 25-Jun-08.

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Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 461 25-Jun-08.

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Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 461 25-Jun-08.

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Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 13-Aug-08.

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Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 13-Aug-08.

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Photograph taken 15 June 2011.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Inyo Forest Road 1N11, "120 - 1S35 Connect," Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: at sandy/rocky area.
• Field Notes: 15 Jun 2011.

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Scanned 17 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 751, 17 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb from woody caudex, to 10 cm. tall; Leaves cauline, clustered near base; Stipules 3 mm.; Petioles 3-4 cm.; Leaflets 7, 8-9 mm.; Bracts deciduous; Pedicels 2.5-3.0 mm.; Flower 7(8) mm.; Banner back glabrous; Keel margins glabrous;

Originally assumed to be L. duranii when collected. Could be determined as L. breweri on the basis of smaller stipules, petioles, pedicels and flowers than typically seen in L. duranii. However, given the west-facing sand slope on which this collection was made, I am assuming it is just a small L. duranii.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 751, 15 Jun 2011.

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Photographed 22 June 2015.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• California Highway 120: at Big Sand Flat.
• Field Notes: 22 Jun 2015.

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Scanned 17 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 751, 17 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb from woody caudex, to 10 cm. tall; Leaves cauline, clustered near base; Stipules 3 mm.; Petioles 3-4 cm.; Leaflets 7, 8-9 mm.; Bracts deciduous; Pedicels 2.5-3.0 mm.; Flower 7(8) mm.; Banner back glabrous; Keel margins glabrous;

Originally assumed to be L. duranii when collected. Could be determined as L. breweri on the basis of smaller stipules, petioles, pedicels and flowers than typically seen in L. duranii. However, given the west-facing sand slope on which this collection was made, I am assuming it is just a small L. duranii.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Inyo Forest Road 1N18, "Crater Mountain," Mono County, California: at foot of craters.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 751, 15 Jun 2011.

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Scanned 1 December 2012.

Coll. No. 344, keyed 6 Dec 2012, characters observed: Annual 3.5 - 5.5 cm.; Cotyledons sessile, persistent, disk-like; Leaves cauline, crowded near base, free blades of stipules 2 mm., palmate, sparse long hairy at flowering; Leaflet 8-9 mm.; Peduncle 11-22 mm.; Inflorescence 25-30 mm., not distinctly whorled, many-flowered; Pedicel 2 mm.; Calyx appendages 0; Banner blue-violet with prominent yellow spot, back glabrous; Wings; Keel glabrous.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: Winters Pass.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 344.

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Scanned 1 December 2012.

Coll. No. 344, keyed 6 Dec 2012, characters observed: Annual 3.5 - 5.5 cm.; Cotyledons sessile, persistent, disk-like; Leaves cauline, crowded near base, free blades of stipules 2 mm., palmate, sparse long hairy at flowering; Leaflet 8-9 mm.; Peduncle 11-22 mm.; Inflorescence 25-30 mm., not distinctly whorled, many-flowered; Pedicel 2 mm.; Calyx appendages 0; Banner blue-violet with prominent yellow spot, back glabrous; Wings; Keel glabrous.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: Winters Pass.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 344.

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Scanned 7 December 2012.

Coll. No. 387, keyed 7 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial to 40 cm.; Leaf basal ?, cauline, palmate; Petiole 9-12 cm.; Leaflet 25-45 mm. x 7 mm. wide, equally strigose top and bottom; Inflorescence open (i.e., not crowded), many flowered (18-20+); Bracts persistent; Petiole 6-7 mm.; Calyx strigose 6 mm., spur 0; Banner 8 mm., back glabrous; Wings glabrous; Keel 10 mm., ciliate distal half.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 387.
• Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

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Scanned 30 Oct 2011.

30 Oct 2011: Characters observed while keying: Perennial herb; Leaves mostly cauline, spread along stems, upper and lower surfaces hairy; Leaflets largest < 40 mm (obs: 10-12 mm); Infloresence > leaves, dense, whorls > 7 (obs: 8-10); Calyx spur 0-1 mm; Banner back glabrous, spot yellow; Keel ciliate on distal half, color white to dark red-purple.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 23 Jul 2010.

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Scanned 30 Oct 2011.

30 Oct 2011: Characters observed while keying: Perennial herb; Leaves mostly cauline, spread along stems, upper and lower surfaces hairy; Leaflets largest < 40 mm (obs: 10-12 mm); Infloresence > leaves, dense, whorls > 7 (obs: 8-10); Calyx spur 0-1 mm; Banner back glabrous, spot yellow; Keel ciliate on distal half, color white to dark red-purple.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 23 Jul 2010.

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Photographed 29 April 2015.

Coll. No. 1047, 5 Oct 2013 (late in season!), characters observed while keying: Perennial herb, erect, to 50 cm., not woody except possibly at base; Leaf, basal and cauline, ±along stem, palmate compound, leaflets #±7, 11-27 mm. × 3-5 mm. wide, tips acuminate, hairy, more so abaxially than adaxially, petiole 30-60 mm.; Inflorescence, >leaves, whorls of mature inflorescence ±12; Bracts persistent; Calyx spur 0; Flowers, Banner, 10 mm., blue with white patch, back glabrous; Wing, 10 mm. including claw 2 mm., blue; Keel, ciliate distal half, blue, darkening distally.

Keys easily to Lupinus pratensis A. A. Heller var. eriostachyus C. P. Small in Taylor (2010). Keys easily to L. lepidus Douglas ex Lindl. var. confertus (Kellogg) C. P. Small in TJM2. The Plant List, which takes its names for Lupinus from ILDIS (International Legume Database & Information Service), elevates L. lepidus var. confertus to species rank as L. confertus Kellogg. The Plant List also submerges all of L. pratensis A. A. Heller, including var. eriostachyus C. P. Small, in synonomy with L. confertus Kellogg. The family Fabaceae is not published in FNANM (as of 4/27/2015).

Article records that use this photograph:

• Spur Road to Lee Vining Creek Delta, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: at lake side.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1047, 5 Oct 2013.

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Photographed 29 April 2015.

The thing to see in this photo is the intense sprouting of small leaves from woody tissue very late in the growing season.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Spur Road to Lee Vining Creek Delta, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: at lake side.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1047, 5 Oct 2013.

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Photograph taken 26-Jun-07.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll No. 487.

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The grid spacing is 1/4 inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll No. 487.

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The grid spacing is 1/4 inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll No. 487.

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Photograph taken 25 July 2010.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Unknown Forest Road, Mono County, California: on basin floor.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 686.

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Photograph taken 26-Jun-07.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll No. 487.

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Photograph taken 25 July 2010 in the Bodie Hills, north of Mt. Biedeman and south of California Highway 270.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Unknown Forest Road, Mono County, California: on basin floor.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 686.

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Scanned 6 Nov 2011.

This scan is intended to show that the sepals and petals are persistent.

Coll. No. 686: 6 Nov 2011, Characters observed while keying: Perennial, montane, <= 1 dm, matted, hairy throughout; Leaves cauline appearing basal; Infloresence dense or head-like, base sometimes <= leaves, top >= leaves; Pedicel 2 mm; Flower 7 mm; Calyx spur 0; Sepals persistent; Petals blue, persistent; Banner back glabrous, patch white with blue spots; Keel upper margin glabrous.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 686.

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Scanned 6 Nov 2011.

Coll. No. 686: 6 Nov 2011, Characters observed while keying: Perennial, montane, <= 1 dm, matted, hairy throughout; Leaves cauline appearing basal; Infloresence dense or head-like, base sometimes <= leaves, top >= leaves; Pedicel 2 mm; Flower 7 mm; Calyx spur 0; Sepals persistent; Petals blue, persistent; Banner back glabrous, patch white with blue spots; Keel upper margin glabrous.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 686.

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Photographed 17 July 2013.

Coll. No. 1004, 17 July 2013, rekeyed 28 December 2014, characters observed while keying: Most likely an Annual, ascending to erect, to 50 cm., generally hairy with hairs sloughing off; Cotyledons unknown; Stipules 7 mm.; Petioles 4 cm.; Leaves cauline; Leaflets (6)7, 25 mm. x 10 mm. wide, oblanceolate, adaxial surface finely tomentose, abaxial surface finely tomentose and ±appressed hairy; Inflorescence 15-18 cm., whorled, i.e. not one-sided; Peduncle 8 cm.; Pedicel 2.5 mm.; Bracts reflexed, sparsely hairy; Calyx, upper 5 mm., notched, lower 8 mm., long-hairy but not shaggy; Spur 0; Corolla 14 mm.; Banner, yellowish white with six purple spots, back glabrous; Wings sparsely ciliate upper margin near claw; Keel upper margin ciliate 2.5 mm. + glabrous 6 mm., lower margin glabrous; Fruit, young 13 mm., more round than elongate. The bract and calyx hairs are long but not long-shaggy as described for var. microcarpus. On the other hand, the inflorescence does not have the pronounced one-sidedness as described for var. densiflorus.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Jean Sweeney Open Space Preserve, Alameda County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1004.

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Scanned 18 July 2013.

Coll. No. 1004, 17 July 2013, rekeyed 28 December 2014, characters observed while keying: Most likely an Annual, ascending to erect, to 50 cm., generally hairy with hairs sloughing off; Cotyledons unknown; Stipules 7 mm.; Petioles 4 cm.; Leaves cauline; Leaflets (6)7, 25 mm. x 10 mm. wide, oblanceolate, adaxial surface finely tomentose, abaxial surface finely tomentose and ±appressed hairy; Inflorescence 15-18 cm., whorled, i.e. not one-sided; Peduncle 8 cm.; Pedicel 2.5 mm.; Bracts reflexed, sparsely hairy; Calyx, upper 5 mm., notched, lower 8 mm., long-hairy but not shaggy; Spur 0; Corolla 14 mm.; Banner, yellowish white with six purple spots, back glabrous; Wings sparsely ciliate upper margin near claw; Keel upper margin ciliate 2.5 mm. + glabrous 6 mm., lower margin glabrous; Fruit, young 13 mm., more round than elongate. The bract and calyx hairs are long but not long-shaggy as described for var. microcarpus. On the other hand, the inflorescence does not have the pronounced one-sidedness as described for var. densiflorus.

Location records that use this photograph:

• Jean Sweeney Open Space Preserve, Alameda County, California

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1004.

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Photographed 10 July 2018.

Coll. No. 1803, 7 May 2018, characters observed: Annual herb, prostrate, to 1 cm. × 50 cm. wide; Leaves, compound, stipules, leaf-like, 6.5 mm., petioles, 11 mm., leaflets, #3, obovate, 5 mm. × 5-6 mm. wide, margin denticulate, middle leaflet extended beyond lateral leaflet on a petiolule; Inflorescence, compact axillary raceme, 8 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide; Sepals, 1 mm.; Flowers, 2 mm., color yellow; Fruit, unknown -- should be curved.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Medicago lupulina.
• Mesa Top Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado: below closure.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1803, 7 May 2018.

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Photographed 7 May 2018.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Mesa Top Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado: below closure.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1803, 7 May 2018.

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Photographed 10 July 2018.

The thing to see here is that the terminal leaflet is separated from the two lateral leaflets on a short stalk or some sort. Ackerfield (2015) calls this a petiolule and Weber & Wittmann (2012) call this a rachis.

Coll. No. 1803, 7 May 2018, characters observed: Annual herb, prostrate, to 1 cm. × 50 cm. wide; Leaves, compound, stipules, leaf-like, 6.5 mm., petioles, 11 mm., leaflets, #3, obovate, 5 mm. × 5-6 mm. wide, margin denticulate, middle leaflet extended beyond lateral leaflet on a petiolule; Inflorescence, compact axillary raceme, 8 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide; Sepals, 1 mm.; Flowers, 2 mm., color yellow; Fruit, unknown -- should be curved.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Mesa Top Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado: below closure.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1803, 7 May 2018.
• Glossary: petiolule. rachis.

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Photographed 10 July 2018.

Coll. No. 1803, 7 May 2018, characters observed: Annual herb, prostrate, to 1 cm. × 50 cm. wide; Leaves, compound, stipules, leaf-like, 6.5 mm., petioles, 11 mm., leaflets, #3, obovate, 5 mm. × 5-6 mm. wide, margin denticulate, middle leaflet extended beyond lateral leaflet on a petiolule; Inflorescence, compact axillary raceme, 8 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide; Sepals, 1 mm.; Flowers, 2 mm., color yellow; Fruit, unknown -- should be curved.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Mesa Top Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado: below closure.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1803, 7 May 2018.

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Scanned 24 January 2013.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Bay Farm Shoreline Path, Alameda, Alameda County, CA: Coll. No. 803.
• Field Notes: Coll No 803.

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Note species #4 of Melilotus albus referring to Linnaeus as "Trifolium M. officinalis c L.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Notes on Melilotus albus, Medikus, 1786.

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Scanned 21 December 2017.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Melilotus officinalis.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1687, 28 Jun 2017.

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Photographed 15 January 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3129, 19 Jul 2023.

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Photographed 2 June 2016.

Location records that use this photograph:

• North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Greene, 1870. Oxytropis lambertii.
• Spur Social Trail, North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado: top of mesa.
• Field Notes: Thursday, June 2nd.

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Photographed 28 November 2016.

Coll. No. 1385, 1 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, acaulescent, mostly dolabriform hairs (one arm much shorter than the other); Leaves, basal, pinnately compound, leaflets #17, terminal leaflet present; Inflorescence, raceme, peduncle 30 cm., pedicels very short; Bracts, 7 mm. × 1.6 mm. wide, green, lanceolate; Calyx, tube 7 mm. + lobes 4 mm. = 11 mm.; Flower, zygomorphic, various shades of magenta to purple, banner, 17 mm., wings, 16 mm., keel, 13 mm., blades united enclosing stamens, recurved beak; Stamens, #10, diadelphous.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Greene, 1870.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1385, 1 Jun 2016.

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Photographed 23 May 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Forest Road 211, Pike-San Isabel National Forest: along road.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2470, 24 May 2021.

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Photographed 6 November 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;

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3242, 14 May 2024.

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Photographed 7 December 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Oxytropis sericea.
• Colorado, Pike-San Isabel Forest, Forest Road 435: 61000.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2576, 12 Jul 2021.

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Photographed 16 January 2024.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3137, 20 Jul 2023.

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Photographed 20 July 2023.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Colorado, Pike-San Isabel National Forest, Forest Road 189: on the road.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3129, 19 Jul 2023.

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Scanned 19 May 2015.

This poor, dried-out collection was consigned to the compost pile.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 216, 26 Apr 2000.
• U. S. Interstate 15: near Basin Road.

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Photographed 25 May 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Pediomelum tenuiflorum.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2477, 25 May 2021.

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Photographed 25 May 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2477, 25 May 2021.

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Scanned 5 Jan 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• 7 Dash Ranch Road, Cochise County, Arizona: near the fence.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 736, 26 Apr 2011.

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Scanned May 6, 2010, grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 576, 7 Jul 2009.

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Scanned May 6, 2010, grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: in Mono Valley.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 576, 7 Jul 2009.

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Scanned 10 January 2017.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near the top of several small hills (toe of landslide?) on the lower north slope of North Table Mountain, 0.7 km. southeast of the Mesa Spur Trailhead on 58th Avenue, 4.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7972°N, 105.2071°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1851 m. Also at this location: Thelesperma megapotamicum, Eriogonum alatum, and E. effusum.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1509, 22 Jul 2016.

Photographed 10 January 2017.

North Table Mountain Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Near the top of several small hills (toe of landslide?) on the lower north slope of North Table Mountain, 0.7 km. southeast of the Mesa Spur Trailhead on 58th Avenue, 4.8 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7972°N, 105.2071°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1851 m. Also at this location: Thelesperma megapotamicum, Eriogonum alatum, and E. effusum.

Article records that use this photograph:

• North Table Loop, Jefferson County, Colorado: w. of saddle.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1509, 22 Jul 2016.

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Scanned at 1200 dpi. Area shown is 17.00 mm by 12.75 mm. Sterile collection. Probably P. emoryi or P. fremontii.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 200404220366.

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Scanned 1 December 2012.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 352.

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Scanned 26 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1150, 22 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 40 cm., unarmed; Stem, short soft hairy with dense hemispherical glands, 0.4 mm., the hairs and glands becoming hardened with age; Leaves, compound, 10 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, odd-pinnate, leaflets 7-11, 2 mm. × 1 mm. wide, ovate, terminal leaflet ±=lateral, hairy, few reddish-brown glands; Inflorescence, crowded at tops of stems, 12 mm. × 8 mm. dia.; Pedicel, 0.5 mm., bractlets 0; Calyx, tube, 1.8 mm., green, glabrous with rows of red-brown glands, lobes, 2 mm., spreading hairy with red-brown gland at tip; Flower, bilateral, 4.5 mm., corolla purple; Fruit, unknown.

Location records that use this photograph:

• The Gap, Esmeralda County, Nevada

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1150, 22 Jun 2015.
• The Gap Road, Esmeralda County, Nevada: north end of The Gap.

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Scanned 26 October 2015.

Coll. No. 1150, 22 Jun 2015, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 40 cm., unarmed; Stem, short soft hairy with dense hemispherical glands, 0.4 mm., the hairs and glands becoming hardened with age; Leaves, compound, 10 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, odd-pinnate, leaflets 7-11, 2 mm. × 1 mm. wide, ovate, terminal leaflet ±=lateral, hairy, few reddish-brown glands; Inflorescence, crowded at tops of stems, 12 mm. × 8 mm. dia.; Pedicel, 0.5 mm., bractlets 0; Calyx, tube, 1.8 mm., green, glabrous with rows of red-brown glands, lobes, 2 mm., spreading hairy with red-brown gland at tip; Flower, bilateral, 4.5 mm., corolla purple; Fruit, unknown.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1150, 22 Jun 2015.

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Photographed 11 December 2023.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 3008, 29 Jun 2023.

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Scanned 14 January 2017.

North Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower slopes on the south side of North Table Mountain, 330 m. south southeast of the USBR monument designated “North Table,” 1.22 km. north northeast of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7663°N, 105.2181°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1819 m. Barely identifiable fragments from a very heavily browsed patch approximately 3 m. × 5 m. in size. Aerial photography shows multiple game trails oriented toward this patch. Introduced.

Coll. No. 1526, 5 August 2016, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 1 m. × 3 m. dia.; Leaves, cauline, alternate, stipules, 3 mm. × 0.6 mm., strap-shaped, sessile or nearly so, compound, leaflets, #21, 9 mm. × 2.7 mm. wide, oblong, tip mucronate; Inflorescence, axillary umbellate clusters, peduncles, 25 mm., Pedicels, 2.5 mm., Calyx, conical, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 0.5 mm.; Flowers, white to pink, banner 4 mm. + 2 mm., wings, 6 mm., keel, 9 mm.; Fruit, erect, 19 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, ridged.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1526, 5 Aug 2016.

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Note the game trails that appear to radiate from the patch.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1526, 5 Aug 2016.

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Photographed 15 October 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2475, 25 May 2021.

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Photographed 12 April 2016.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Neighborhood Access Trail, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: near trailhead.
• Field Notes: near Coll. No. 1310.

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Photographed 20 May 2016.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Thermopsis rhombifolia var. divaricarpa.
• Neighborhood Access Trail, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: above meadow.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1347, 20 May 2016.

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Photographed 21 May 2016.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Tin Cup Ridge (social trail), Jefferson County, Colorado: along trail.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1360, 21 May 2016.

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Photographed 12 April 2016.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Thermopsis rhombifolia var. divaricarpa.
• Neighborhood Access Trail, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: near trailhead.
• Field Notes: near Coll. No. 1310.
• Glossary: carina. vexillum.

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Scanned 29 November 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 20210707025614.

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Scanned on 7 Feb 2014.

Coll. No. 962, 22 May 2013, characters observed: Perennial, short-tufted, from very tough! roots, to 6 cm., soft hairy throughout; Leaf, petioles 2 cm., palmately compound, leaflets 5, not gland-dotted, Inflorescence, peduncled 6 cm., >> leaves, 2.0-2.5 cm.; Involucre, vestigal ring; Sepals, fused 4 mm. + free 8 mm. = 12 mm., plumose, lobe hairs ±1 mm; Flower, bilateral; Corolla, purple.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Coyote Springs Road, Mono County, California: near pass.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 962.
• Notes to accompany the Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake basin.: Trifolium monoense Greene.

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Scanned on 7 Feb 2014.

Coll. No. 962, 22 May 2013, characters observed: Perennial, short-tufted, from very tough! roots, to 6 cm., soft hairy throughout; Leaf, petioles 2 cm., palmately compound, leaflets 5, not gland-dotted, Inflorescence, peduncled 6 cm., >> leaves, 2.0-2.5 cm.; Involucre, vestigal ring; Sepals, fused 4 mm. + free 8 mm. = 12 mm., plumose, lobe hairs ±1 mm; Flower, bilateral; Corolla, purple.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 962.
• Notes to accompany the Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake basin.: Trifolium monoense Greene.

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Photographed 27 January 2022.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2651, 7 Aug 2021.

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Scanned 21 December 2017.

Coll. No. 1683, 28 Jun 2017, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., sprawling-ascending; Leaves, cauline, petiole to 90+ mm., stipules, to 25 mm., entire, acute, leaf compound, ternate, leaflets, 3, 20 mm. × 16 mm. wide, attached at a single point, margin serrate, generally glabrous, scant hairs along distal margins; Inflorescence, flowers in heads, peduncles, 55-95 mm., heads 22 mm. diameter, many flowers, bracts inconspicuous (1 mm.); Calyx, tube 1 mm. + lobes 2 mm.; Corolla, 7 mm.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1683, 28 Jun 2017.

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Photographed 10 December 2021.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2586, 13 Jul 2021.

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Photographed 11 November 2019.

When collected, the flowers were more red than purple.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2122, 6 Jul 2019.

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Photographed 11 November 2019.

When collected, the flowers were more red than purple. The stipules are large, ovate-acuminate, scarious with several green nerves, heads solitary at the ends of each stem.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2122, 6 Jul 2019.

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Scanned 18 December 2016.

Coll. No. 1458, 27 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, erect, to 50 cm., hairs not hooked at tips; Stem, spreading hairy; Stipules, 21 mm. × 5 mm. wide, connate, scarious with several green nerves; Leaves, ternately compound, leaflets, 38 mm. × 20 mm. wide, margins slightly wavy tip short mucronate (easier to see on young leaves), both sides long wavy hairy; Heads, sessile, subtended by stipules and a pair of leaves, many flowers; Fruit, unknown. Introduced.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Plainview Road, Jefferson County, Colorado.: near coll loc.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1458, 27 Jun 2016.

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Scanned 11 February 2022.

Plant, creeping and rooting at the nodes; Leaves, glabrous, leaflets 8 mm. × 10 mm. wide; Heads, pedunculate; Calys, whitish-greenish tube, purple spot below each sinus, teeth green, not inflated or papery; Flowers, many, pink.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2705, 17 Aug 2021.

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Photographed 11 February 2022.

Plant, creeping and rooting at the nodes; Leaves, glabrous, leaflets 8 mm. × 10 mm. wide; Heads, pedunculate; Calys, whitish-greenish tube, purple spot below each sinus, teeth green, not inflated or papery; Flowers, many, pink.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2705, 17 Aug 2021.

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Scanned 4 December 2019.

As described in Ackerfield (2015), the thing to see here is the “ … calyx with a whitish-green tube with a purple spot below each sinus, and green teeth …”

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2143, 13 Jul 2019.

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Photographed 4 December 2019.

As described in Ackerfield (2015), the thing to see here is the “ … calyx with a whitish-green tube with a purple spot below each sinus, and green teeth …”

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 2143, 13 Jul 2019.

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Determination tentative.

Scanned 16 March 2011. Background grid is 10 x 10 to the inch.

Coll. No. 507, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed: Herbaceous perennial, to 40 cm.; Roots and rhizomes unknown; Stem ascending; Leaves, petiole to 40 mm., palmately compound; Leaflets 3, not gland dotted, toothed-serrate as extensions of veins, tip acute; Involucre, conspicuous, when pressed hiding only bases of flowers, fused 2 mm. + free 3.5 mm., tip acute, Calyx not inflated in fruit; Sepals fused ≥½, tube = lobes, glabrous; Flower bilateral, 12 mm.; Corolla not inflated in fruit.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

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Scanned 8 November 2018.

Coll. No. 1857, 23 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm., sprawling; Stem, not winged, hairs, simple, basifixed; Leaves, compound, stipules, free, 7 mm. × 3.5 mm. wide, leaflets, #10, 22 mm. × 3.7 mm. wide, oblong, terminal leaflet, a tendril, variously forked or not, hairs, simple, basifixed; Inflorescence, raceme, 3-4 flowers, pedicels 22-28 mm.; Calyx, tube 4-5 mm. + lobes 2 mm., longer abaxially, simple basifixed hairs; Flower, zygomorphic, banner, 18 mm., reflexed at middle, back glabrous, blade, 17 mm., keel, 13 mm., tip obtuse; Stigma, round, ring of hairs below stigma.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1857, 23 May 2018.

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Scanned 1 December 2016.

Variety minor if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Coll. No. 1394, 1 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm.; Stem, not winged; Leaves, stipules, 4 mm. × 15 mm. wide, reduced above, lobed, not connate, nectary 0; cauline, compound, odd-pinnate, leaflets #6-8, + simple tendril; Inflorescence, raceme, 4-5 flowered, pedicel 17 mm.; Flowers, zygomorphic, 14 mm., smaller than var. americana; petals, ±white, banner pink at point of inflection; Style, round, abaxially hairy below stigma; Legume, stipe ? mm. (indistinct) + body 32 mm. × 4 mm. wide + persistent style 2 mm.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1394, 8 Jun 2016.

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Photographed 8 June 2016.

Variety minor if infraspecific names are to be applied.

Coll. No. 1394, 1 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 30 cm.; Stem, not winged; Leaves, stipules, 4 mm. × 15 mm. wide, reduced above, lobed, not connate, nectary 0; cauline, compound, odd-pinnate, leaflets #6-8, + simple tendril; Inflorescence, raceme, 4-5 flowered, pedicel 17 mm.; Flowers, zygomorphic, 14 mm., smaller than var. americana; petals, ±white, banner pink at point of inflection; Style, round, abaxially hairy below stigma; Legume, stipe ? mm. (indistinct) + body 32 mm. × 4 mm. wide + persistent style 2 mm.

Article records that use this photograph:

• North Table Mountain Trail, City of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado: at watercourse.
• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1394, 8 Jun 2016.

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Photographed 13 November 2018.

Coll. No. 1875, 24 May 2018, characters observed: Perennial, herb, sprawling through the smooth brome, to 50 cm.; Leaves, compound, stipules, 13 mm. × 3 mm. wide, 2-lobed, petiole, 0, blade, 75 mm. × 28 mm. wide, leaflets, #13-15, 20 mm. × 4 mm. wide, linear-elliptic, terminal leaflet a tendril, forked, #3-4, hairs, straight; Inflorescence, raceme, secund, flowers, #±20; Calyx, tube 3 mm. + lobes 4 mm., narrow, hairs simple; Flower, zygomorphic, white to dark blue, banner, 16 mm., reflexed ¾, wings, 14 mm., clawed, dark blue, keel, 11 mm., tip obtuse; Style, ring of hairs below stigma, 0.6 mm.; Fruit, (immature) 5 mm. × 0.8 mm wide, lanceolate, glabrous.

Article records that use this photograph:

• Field Notes: Coll. No. 1875, 24 May 2018.

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