Nissolia wislizeni

Stems prostrate, to 1.2 m, moderately white-pubescent and glandular-setose. Leaves 0.5–6 cm; stipules deltate-ovate, 5–7 × 1–2.5 mm; leaflets 5, usu­ally folded when dry, axis recurved, blades orbiculate to elliptic, 4–20 × 4–22 mm, base obtuse to subcordate, apex obtuse to emarginate, mucronulate, surfaces puberulent to glabrate abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Inflorescences 1–5-flowered, fasciculate. Pedicels 3–20 mm. Flowers: calyx (3–)4–5 mm, puberulent and setose; tube (2–)3–4 mm × 3 mm; lobes deltate-subulate, 1 mm; corolla (8–)10–15 mm. Loments 2–5-segmented, 20–40 mm, pubescent to glabrate; fertile segments 7–10 × 3–7 mm, sterile segment 6–11 × 3–7 mm; stipe 1–2 mm. Seeds 5 × 3 mm.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Open grasslands, mesas, slopes.
Elevation: 1500–1600 m.

Distribution

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Ariz., Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas).

Discussion

Nissolia wislizeni is known from Coconino County in the flora area.

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Lower Taxa

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