Astragalus vaccarum A.Gray

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Astragalus vaccarum A.Gray

  • Collector(s)

    R. J. Soreng 1921 with Ron Salazar, 23 Aug 1982

  • Location

    United States of America. New Mexico. Hidalgo Co. Las Playas Springs, ca. 15 mi due SE from Animas, W edge of Las Playas Lake where large willows and cottonwoods, water tanks, and corral are.

  • Habitat

    Growing in bare pale gray clay where water must stand occasionally. Distichis spikata, Sueda torryi, Sporolobus airoides, Heliotropum curassavicum, Cleomella longipes, Machaeranthera parviflora, Aster sonorae. Locally occasional.

  • Description

    Branches prostrate or decumbent and ascending, to several feet long, wings pale lavender when young, corolla yellow and green when mature. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01344467

    Occurrence ID: db0af726-ae00-41d0-8107-15cc58e66f30

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New Mexico

  • County/Municipio

    Hidalgo Co.

  • Locality

    Las Playas Springs, ca. 15 mi due SE from Animas, W edge of Las Playas Lake where large willows and cottonwoods, water tanks, and corral are

  • Township, Range, Section

    28S, 17W, 28

  • Coordinates

    31.844, -108.584

  • Georeferencing Method

    TRS Conversion Calculator. Used TRS2LL tool (defunct, now: TRS-data conversion tool, Montana State University, www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html) to convert TRS coordinates (Township, Range, Section; Public Land Survey System) to decimal degrees.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

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