Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species: feensis
Santa Fe Milkvetch - Astragalus feensis
601607
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Perennial; stems short, prostrate, 1-6 cm long; herbage densely villous or villosulous with basifixed hairs; leaves 4-9 cm long; leaflets (7)9-15, often folded, 3-12 mm long, 2-3 times longer than wide; stipules free; inflorescences taller than or included in the foliage, with 7-12, densely or loosely disposed ascending-spreading pea-like flowers; calyx tubes tubular, 4.5-6.5 mm long, calyx lobes 1-2 mm; corolla 12-16 mm long, pale pink-purple; fruits divaricate-humistrate, sessile, bilocular or nearly so, deciduous, dehiscent, body curved to 180, triquetrous (3-sided), short-beaked, (1)2-3 cm long, 4-5 mm wide, dorsally sulcate (furrowed on side away from stem), valves leathery, reticulate, strigulose. Flowers April through June.
Status
Global Rank: G3
State Rank: S3S4
State Status:
Federal Status:
USFS Status:
BLM Status: BLM WATCH
SWAP Status:
NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 24
Number of Mapped Locations: 40
Number of Observations: 46
Observation date range: 04-28-1931
to 04-13-2025
External Links
Year
1991
Citation Clayton, P. 1991. Field survey to Ball Ranch - Stop #4 on 22 July 1991.
Reference Code
F91CLA22NMUS
Year
1991
Citation Clayton, P. 1991. Field survey to Ball Ranch - Stop #5 on 22 July 1991.
Reference Code
F91CLA23NMUS
Year
1994
Citation Sullivan, R.M., and Knight, P.J. 1994. Biologic surveys for the Sandia National Laboratories Coyote Canyon Test Complex-Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM. Contractor report SAND93-7089. 101p. Plus appendixes.
Reference Code
N94SUL01NMUS
Year
1986
Citation Knight, P. Marron and Associates Inc., 7511 Fourth Street, Albuquerque, NM 87107-6629 (505) 898-8848
Reference Code
PNDKNI01NMUS
Year
Citation Knight, P. Marron and Associates Inc., 7511 Fourth Street, Albuquerque, NM 87107-6629 (505) 898-8848
Reference Code
PNDKNI02NMUS
Year
83
Citation S83KNISBNMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
Reference Code
S83KNISBNMUS
Year
2003
Citation Chauvin, Y. and P. Tonne. 2003. Ball Ranch surveys: summary of rare plant surveys performed for The Nature Conservancy, 23-26 May 2003.
Reference Code
U03CHA02NMUS
Year
2016
Citation SEINet. 2016. Downloaded New Mexico data for tracked plants for NM Plant Conservation Strategy.
Reference Code
U16SEI01NMUS
Year
1983
Citation Knight, P. 1983. A survey for rare, threatened and endangered species of plants on select portions of BLM land in Sandoval and Torrance Counties in New Mexico. Unpub report by New Mexico State Heritage Program for BLM. 18+ pp.
Reference Code
U83KNI01NMUS
Year
1984
Citation Knight, P. J. and D. Deardorff. 1984. A survey for rare and endemic plants of the BLM Taos Resource area: with secondary studies on the composition of certain vegetative communities in the area. Survey done by NM Dept. of Natural Resources in cooperation
Reference Code
U84KNI01NMUS
Year
1991
Citation Clayton, P. 1991. Plant survey for Abronia bigelovii, Astragalus feensis and Pediocactus papyracanthus on the Ball Ranch. Unpubl. report by New Mexico Natural Heritage Program for The Nature Conservancy, NMNHP contract 91-07-10. 10 p.
Reference Code
U91CLA01NMUS
Year
1995
Citation New Mexico Natural Heritage Program. 1995. Collection Log Sheet for Astragalus feensis in UNM herbarium. 2 p.
Reference Code
U95HER01NMUS
Year
1998
Citation Bleakly, D. 1998. New Locations of rare plants, found by David Bleakly for NM Natural Heritage Program (14 January 1998). . 3 p.
Reference Code
U98BLE01NMUS
Year
1978
Citation New Mexico Natural Heritage Program. Unpublished computer database (LCD) plant and animal records from NM Natural Heritage Program 1978 - 86.
Reference Code
UNDHER01NMUS
