Astragalus newberryi
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the pea family}}
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| image = Asnec 001 php.jpg
| image_caption = Astragalus newberryi var. castoreus
| status = {{TNCStatus}}
| status_system = TNC
| genus = Astragalus
| species = newberryi
| authority = A.Gray
| subdivision_ranks = Varieties
| subdivision_ref = {{cite POWO |id=478848-1 |title=Astragalus newberryi A.Gray |access-date=23 April 2024}}
| subdivision = {{Species list
| Astragalus newberryi var. aquarii | Isely
| Astragalus newberryi var. blyae | (Rose) Barneby
| Astragalus newberryi var. castoreus | M.E.Jones
| Astragalus newberryi var. escalantinus | Barneby
| Astragalus newberryi var. newberryi |
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Astragalus newberryi (Newberry's milkvetch), is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the western United States from Idaho to New Mexico and California. A variety is found in the Death Valley area and the eastern Mojave Desert in California and Nevada. It grows in rocky and gravelly areas between {{convert|1300|–|2350|m|ft}} elevation.
Description
It is a perennial herbaceous plant,{{Cite web |title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASNE6 |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=www.wildflower.org}} with pinnate leaves 1.5–15 cm long with 3–15 leaflets, each leaflet 5–20 mm long. The flowers are pink-purple in color; flowering is between April and June. The fruit is a pod 13–28 mm long, containing a single seed.
References
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General references
- Stewart, J. M. (1998) Mojave Desert Wildflowers pg. 139.
External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Astragalus%20newberryi Jepson Flora Project - Astragalus newberryi]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASNE6 USDA Plants Profile: Astragalus newberryi]
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Category:Flora of the Western United States
Category:Flora of the Great Basin
Category:Flora of the California desert regions
Category:North American desert flora
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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