Astragalus wittmannii Barneby

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Astragalus wittmannii Barneby

  • Collector(s)

    R. W. Spellenberg 5991 with Rob Soreng, D. Ward, 29 Jun 1981

  • Location

    United States of America. New Mexico. Harding Co. 2 mi. W of Mills from NM Highway 39 towards Mills Forest Camp.

  • Habitat

    Broken, more or less barren shaley limestone knoll top. Stipa neomexicana, Artemisia bigelovii, Aristida, Schizachyrium, Bothriochloa, Hymenoxys scaposa, etc.

  • Description

    Tufted, dense, to 3 dm. broad. [See label for further plant description.]. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Specimen Notes

    "Voucher, 2n=22. Camera lucida drawing of mitosis in root tip of germinating seed. Seeds collected from litter beneath this plant. Scale: 22 mm= 10 microns"

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01344729

    Occurrence ID: 34389087-f73b-4b15-b9ae-04e2c910de8f

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New Mexico

  • County/Municipio

    Harding Co.

  • Locality

    2 mi. W of Mills from NM Highway 39 towards Mills Forest Camp

  • Township, Range, Section

    21N, 25E, 3 E-cent.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1829 m. (6001 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    36.0788, -104.268

  • 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

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Distribution: NMC, NY, ISC,
COLO.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
01344729
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VOUCHER, 2n * 22. Camera
lucida drawing of mitotis in
root tip of germinating seed*
Seeds collected from litter
beneath this plant«. Scale: 22
mm m 10 microns
5991 ASTRAGALUS WITIMANII
Barneby
Coll: R. Spellenberg, R.
Soreng, D. Ward
June 29, 1981
NEW MEXICO, Harding Co., 2 mi.
W of Mills from NM Highway 39
toward Mills Forest Camp, E-
cent. Sec. 3, T21N, R25E,
broken, more or less barren
shaley limestone knoll top.
Elev. 6000 ft.
With Stipa neomexicana,
Artemisia bigelovii, Aristida,
Schi zachyr i um, Bothr iochloa,
Hymenoxys scaposa, Eriogonum
jamesii, E. lachnogynum, Dalea
purpurea, Cryptantha thyrsi-
flora, Paronychia sessiliflora,
Lesquerella intermedia, Town-
sendia grandiflora, Oxytropis
sericea, Harbouria trachy-
pleura.
Tufted, dense, to 3 dm.
broad; pods indehiscent,
rotting on ground, as do about
80% of the seeds in the pods?
small beetles parasitizing some
seeds; seeds dully lustrous, a
rather lurid mauve mottled with
tan.
01344729