578 FABACEAE 



33. Astragalus glareosus Dougl. Gravel Woolly-pod. Fig. 2807. 



Astragalus glareosus Dougl. ex Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 152. 1831. 



Astragalus allanaris Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Studies 1 : 141. 1894. 



Astragalus inflexus var. glareosus M. E. Jones, Contr. West. Bot. No. 10: 62. 1902. 



Phaca glareosa Piper, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 11: 369. 1906. 



Xylophacos glareosus Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. S06, 1063. 1917. 



Perennial, cespitose, decumbent, usually less than 1 dm. long, the whole plant canescent- 

 hirsute. Leaflets 11-17, oblong, acute, 4-10 mm. long; peduncles very short; flowers 3-8, sub- 

 capitate; calyx-tube 8-9 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 2 mm. long; corolla purple, about 2 cm. 

 long ; pod ovoid, 20-25 cm. long, villous. 



Dry hills and plains, mainly Arid Transition Zone; British Columbia and eastern Washington to eastern 

 Oregon Montana, and Wyoming. Type locality: "Plentiful on dry, gravelly banks of rivers, from the confluence 

 of the Lewis and Clark's [Snake] River with the Columbia to the [Blue] mountains." May-June. 



Astragalus ventosus Suksdorf ex Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 52: 370. 1925. Closely related to Astragalus 

 glareosus Dougl., from which it is distinguished by its black-hairy calyx and broader leaflets, which are elliptical, 

 obtuse, 5-7 mm. long and 2-3 mm. wide. Known only from the type locality: "Windy rocky places, several kilos 

 east of Bingen," Washington. 



34. Astragalus candelarius Sheldon. Candelaria Woolly-pod. Fig. 2808. 



Astragalus Purshii var. tinctus M. E. Jones, Zoe 4: 269. 1893. 

 Astragalus candelarius Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Studies 1 : 143. 1894. 

 Xylophacos candelarius Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 52: 370. 1925. 



Perennial, cespitose, the stems usually less than 1 dm. long, whole plant cinereous-villous. 

 Leaflets 5-9, elliptic to narrowly obovate, obtuse or rounded at apex, 6-12 mm. long; peduncles 

 usually exceeding the leaves ; racemes 3-7-flowered ; calyx-tube 8 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 

 about 3 mm. long ; corolla purple, 20 mm. long ; pods broadly ovoid, slightly curved t very densely 

 hairy, scarcely sulcate. 



Dry hills and plains, Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition Zone; Wheeler County, eastern Oregon, to north- 

 eastern California and Esmeralda County, Nevada. Type locality: near Candelaria, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 

 April-May. 



35. Astragalus leucolobus S. Wats. Bear Valley Wooly-pod. Fig. 2809. 



Astragalus leucolobus S. Wats, ex M. E. Jones, Zoe 4: 270. 1893. 



Astragalus Purshii var. leucolobus M. E. Jones, Contr. West. Bot. No. 10: 61. 1902. 



Xylophacos leucolobus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 52: 371. 1925. 



Perennial, cespitose, the stems seldom over 5 cm. long, whole plant densely white-villous. 

 Leaflets mostly 15-17, elliptic to oblanceolate, acute, 6-8 mm. long; peduncles about equaling or 

 usually well exceeding the leaves ; racemes subcapitate to 3 cm. long, 3-10-flowered ; calyx-tube 

 7-8 mm. long, about 3.5 mm. wide, white-villous, the teeth subulate, about 2.5 mm. long; corolla 

 18-20 mm. long, purple or rose-purple. 



Mountain slopes, Arid Transition Zone; southern California in the Panamint Mountains, and in the San 

 Gabriel Range south to the Santa Rosa Mountains. Type locality: mountain slopes, Bear Valley, San Bernardino 

 Mountains, 6,500 feet altitude. May-June. 



Astragalus leucolobus subsp. consectus (Sheldon) Abrams. {Astragalus consectus Sheldon, Minn. Bot. 

 Studies 1: 143. 1894; Xylophacos consectus Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 24: 306. 1929; Astragalus leucolobus var. 

 subvestitus Jepson, Fl. Calif. 2: 361. 1936.) Cespitose perennial, the stems 3-6 cm. long, densely woolly with 

 long white hairs. Leaflets 11-25, oblong to oval, 5-8 mm. long, densely and loosely villous; peduncles 3-6 cm. 

 long; bracts 4-5 mm. long, lanceolate; racemes 5-8-flowered; calyx loosely white-villous, the tube 7-8 mm. long, 

 the teeth subulate, 3 mm. long; corolla purple, 15-18 mm. long; pod densely villous, 2 cm. long, arcuate, grad- 

 ually acute. Dry gravelly hillsides, Upper Sonoran Zone; Tehachapi Mountains and the adjacent sections of the 

 southern Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges, California. This subspecies has been considered by some as a distinct 

 species; the long woolly pubescence and the shorter peduncles are its principal distinguishing characters. Type 

 locality: Tejon Pass, California. May-June. 



36. Astragalus Jdnesii Abrams. Silver Woolly-pod. Fig. 2810. 



Xylophacos argentinus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 52: 371. 1925. Not Astragalus argentinus Mang. 



Perennial, cespitose, whole plant silvery with a dense woolly pubescence, the stems less than 

 5 cm. long. Leaflets 7-13, broadly obovate, about 1 cm. long, rounded at apex ; peduncles 3-5 cm. 

 long; racemes 2-5-flowered; calyx-tube 5-6 mm. long, white-villous, the teeth subulate, 2-3 

 mm. long ; corolla ochroleucous, 13-14 mm. long ; pod densely white-villous, 2 cm. long, 8 mm. 

 deep, acutish above the middle, the sutures slightly sulcate. 



Sandy or gravelly soils, Upper Sonoran Zone; Desert Ranges, Inyo and eastern San Bernardino Counties, 

 California. Type locality : Lone Pine, California. April-June. 



37. Astragalus lectulus S. Wats. Purple Woolly-pod or Sheep-pod. Fig. 2811. 



Astragalus lectulus S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 22: 471. 1887. 



Astragalus Purshii var. lectulus M. E. Jones, Contr. West. Bot. No. 10: 61. 1902. 



Xylophacos lectulus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 52: 371. 1925. 



Xylophacos lagopinus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 52: 372. 1925. 



Astragalus viarius Eastw. Leaflets West. Bot. 1: 178. 1935. 



Perennial, cespitose, the stems less than 5 cm. long, whole plant densely white-woolly. Leaves 

 3-5 cm. long; leaflets 3-9, oblanceolate to elliptic, 6-10 mm. long, acute or obtuse; peduncles 

 much shorter than the leaves; racemes subcapitate, mostly 3-5-flowered; calyx-tube 4-5 mm. 



