Astragalus phoenix Barneby

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Astragalus phoenix Barneby

  • Collector(s)

    J. C. Roos 6143 with A. R. Roos, 13 Jun 1954

  • Location

    United States of America. Nevada. Nye Co. Ash Meadows between Big Spring and Point of Rocks.

  • Habitat

    On dry hard alkaline flats. With Enceliopsis nudicaulis and Distichlis stricta.

  • Description

    Scattered perennial forming dense rounded mats up to 4 dm. across. The color of the flowers was pale straw, but those seen were already dry when collected so they may have been otherwise when fresh. J. C. Roos. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Specimen Notes

    Species listed as Vulnerable (V) in 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. This species on the U.S. Federal Endangered Species List (Threatened).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 32857

    Occurrence ID: 75f2a63c-1255-4ad0-aa1c-f30c66e3fc56

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Astragalus phoenix Barneby det R. C. Barneby, 1968
    Note: "Apparently relates to Astragalus newberryi, but altogether remarkable. sp. nov.": Barneby 1958. COTYPUS (fruct.)

    Astragalus

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Nevada

  • County/Municipio

    Nye Co.

  • Locality

    Ash Meadows between Big Spring and Point of Rocks.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 694.9 m. (2280 ft.)

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New York Botanical Garden
Astragalus phoenix, sp. nov.
COTYPUS (fruct.)
B. Barneby, 1968
HERBARIA of ALFRED R. ROOS, M.D. and JOHN C. ROOS, M.D.
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Astragalus
Scattered perennial forming dense rounded
mats up to 4 dm. across, with Enceliopsis
nudicaulis and Distichlis stricta, on dry
hard alkaline flats, Ash Meadows between
Big Spring and Poifat of Rocks.
Nye
Date June 13, 195^
Coll. J.C. & A.R. Roos
County , Nevada
Alt 2280
No. 61^3
ft.
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