Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Fabales
        Family: Fabaceae
          Genus: Astragalus
            Species: feensis

Santa Fe Milkvetch - Astragalus feensis

Santa Fe Milkvetch

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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: S3

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BLM Status: BLM WATCH

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NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 12

Number of Mapped Locations: 28

Number of Observations: 34

Observation date range: 04-28-1931 to 04-21-2015

External Links

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  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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