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Key to families | Table of families and genera This text currently parallels The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition that is now available at the University of California Press. Text appearing in blue on this page will not appear in the printed book; it will be displayed only on the Web. Specimen numbers are hyperlinked to records in the Consortium of California Herbaria data view where possible. Taxa are hyperlinked to entries in the Jepson Interchange via the "[Online Interchange]" link. |
Perennial, sparsely to densely cespitose; herbage hairs generally 1–2.3 mm, fine, cottony, dense, tangled, silvery or gray.
Stem: 0–14 cm.
Leaf: 1–15 cm; leaflets 3–17, 2–20 mm, narrowly elliptic to ± round, tips blunt to notched.
Inflorescence: ± among leaves; flowers 1–11, ascending.
Flower: petals white, cream, pink-purple, or purple, banner 9–26 mm, recurved ± 40°, keel 8–21.2 mm.
Fruit: ascending, 7–27 mm, 4–13 mm wide, ovate or widely lanceolate in side view, hairs generally dense, generally 1.5–5 mm, all ± wavy or all straight, white ( fruit resembling a cotton ball); chambers 1 or 2. Locally and regionally variable. Like Astragalus newberryi var. newberryi (longer, ± straight, partly spreading hairs). [Online Interchange]
1. Calyx < 10 mm; fruit 7–17 mm
2. Fr incurved at least 1/2 circle; ne MP ..... var. lagopinus
2' Fr incurved near beak; SNH, SnBr, perhaps w edge SNE ..... var. lectulus
1' Calyx > 10 mm; fruit 13–27 mm
3. Petals white or cream, tip pale lilac or not; inflorescence 1–6-flowered ..... var. purshii
3' Petals pink-purple or purple; inflorescence 3–11 flowered ..... var. tinctus
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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