Species Information
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species: puniceus var. gertrudis
Taos Milkvetch - Astragalus puniceus var. gertrudis
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
535627
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Rhizomatous perennial from subterranean crown; stems several, to 5 dm long, decumbent and radiating, branching from lower nodes, forming broad, depressed clumps; herbage greenish-gray; lower stipules connate; leaves 2.5-10 cm long; leaflets numerous, villosulous; inflorescence relatively dense, produced within or slightly above the foliage; flowers usually numerous, ascending becoming horizontal; calyx tube 5-8 mm long, lobes 2-3 mm long; corolla 13-19 mm long, banner pale pink; pods spreading or reflexed, sessile or nearly so, oblong, moderately incurved, terete or slightly obcompressed, 1.5-2.5 cm long 5-9 mm in diameter, turgid, valves initially fleshy, becoming leathery, villosulous, usually not mottled, unilocular, persistent, deciduous, dehiscent. Flowers May and June.
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 9
Number of Mapped Locations: 12
Number of Observations: 16
Observation date range: 01-01-1964 to 06-04-2008
External Links
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NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)