familyFabaceae
subfamilyFabaceae subfam. Faboideae
genusAstragalus
sectionAstragalus sect. Jejuni
speciesAstragalus limnocharis
varietyAstragalus limnocharis var. tabulaeus

Astragalus limnocharis var. tabulaeus

S. L. Welsh

Great Basin Naturalist 46: 261. 1986.

Stanley L. Welsh
Common names: Table Cliff milkvetch
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.

Plants usually soboliferous. Corollas pink-purple.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Western bristlecone pine-Douglas-fir communities.
Elevation: 2900–3200 m.

Distribution

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Utah.

Discussion

Variety tabulaeus is restricted to the Table Cliff Plateau, Horse Creek Top vicinity in Garfield County. R. C. Barneby (1989) placed it in synonymy with Astragalus limnocharis var. montii (treated here as A. montii), but it differs in having smaller, concolorous flowers.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

None.
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Author
Stanley L. Welsh +
Authority
S. L. Welsh +
Basionyms
Astragalus subg. M. +
Common name
Table Cliff milkvetch +
Distribution
Utah. +
Elevation
2900–3200 m. +
Habitat
Western bristlecone pine-Douglas-fir communities. +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Phenology
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Publication title
Great Basin Naturalist +
Publication year
1986 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/master/coarse grained fna xml/V11/V11 1404.xml +
Special status
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Synonyms
Papilionoideae de +
Taxon family
Fabaceae +
Taxon name
Astragalus limnocharis var. tabulaeus +
Taxon parent
Astragalus limnocharis +
Taxon rank
variety +
Volume
Volume 11 +