Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 3160, Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior.  
 

 

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If you have a question or a comment about this photograph you may write to me at: tomas@schweich.com I sometimes post interesting questions in my FAQ, but I never disclose your full name or address. 		  Fabaceae Astragalus laxmannii robustior
Photographed 20 January 2024.

Plants of the Douglas Mountain Study Area
Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Fabaceae

Astragalus laxmannii Jacq. var. robustior (Hook.) Barneby & S. L. Welsh.  Prairie Milkvetch.

Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. North of Guy Gulch, accessed by a ranch road off of Pyrenees Lane, 80 m. east northeast of the line shack, 1.04 km. west southwest of Mt. Tom, 13.7 km. (geodesic) northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.81298°N, 105.36265°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2623 m. Woody taproot, caulescent, sprawling, dolabriform hairs, large leaves and ochroleucous flowers. Beside an old road through forest of aspen, spruce and ponderosa pine, with Packera fendleri, Sedum lanceolatum, Oxytropis lambertii, Penstemon glaber var. alpinus, and Koeleria macrantha.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2023, issued: Apr 10, 2023, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 3160. 26-Jul-2023

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