Sophora stenophylla
{{Short description|Species of legume}}
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|genus = Sophora
|species = stenophylla
|authority = A.Gray
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Sophora stenophylla, the fringeleaf necklacepod,{{PLANTS|id=SOST4|taxon=Sophora stenophylla|accessdate=21 November 2015}} or silvery sophora, is a perennial plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, {{ISBN|978-0-7627-7013-7}}{{rp|160}}
Description
=Growth pattern=
It is a perennial plant that grows {{convert|4|to|16|in}} tall. Its lacy leaves and blue to purple flowers make it very distinctive in its communities. It spreads by underground roots.{{cite web |url=http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Blue%20Purple%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/sophora%20stenophylla.htm |title=Southwest Colorado Wildflowers, Sophora stenophylla |access-date=2014-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602193146/http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Blue%20Purple%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/sophora%20stenophylla.htm |archive-date=2013-06-02 }}
=Leaves and stems=
It has alternate, lacy, compound pinnate leaves with linear leaflets that are covered in dense, soft, and silvery hairs.
=Inflorescence and fruit=
Habitat and range
It can be found in sandy soils in blackbrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodland, and ponderosa pine forest communities in southern Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Ecological and human interactions
Its foliage and seeds are toxic to livestock in large amounts.