Astragalus ceramicus var. apus Barneby

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Astragalus ceramicus var. apus Barneby

  • Collector(s)

    A. F. Cholewa 591 with D. M. Henderson, 26 May 1981

  • Location

    United States of America. Idaho. Butte Co. Northern portion of the site, southeastern most end of the Lemhi Range, alluvial fans on southeast base, ca. 0.1 mile north of Highway 22, ca. 12 miles northeast of Howe.

  • Habitat

    Slope 5%, aspect southeast. Community: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Oryzopsis hymenoides, and Eurotia lanata. Associates: Astragalus geyeri, Lupinus pusillus, Mentzelia albicaulis, Oenothera pallida, and Agropyron dasystachyum. Plants abundant all through area. Soil deep sand.

  • Description

    Flowers pale lavender-yellow. Federal Review List - Category 1. Ca. 20% of population flowering. Phenology of specimen: Fertile, Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 801221

    Occurrence ID: 6e2d4e54-c93f-48de-9d6a-344dbb89eb5c

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Idaho

  • County/Municipio

    Butte Co.

  • Locality

    Northern portion of the site, southeastern most end of the Lemhi Range, alluvial fans on southeast base, ca. 0.1 mile north of Highway 22, ca. 12 miles northeast of Howe

  • Township, Range, Section

    T6N, R30E, S25 SW1/4 of NW1/4

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1475.2 m. (4840 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    43.82, -112.82

  • 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.

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HERBARIUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (ID)
FLORA OF THE IDAHO NATIONAL
ENGINEERING LABORATORY
Astragalus ceramicus Sheld. var. apus Barneby
BUTTE CO: Northern portion of the site, southeast-
ern most end of the Lemhi Range, alluvial fans on
southeast base, ca 0.1 mi N of HW 22, ca 12 mi NE
of Howe. T6N R30E S25 sw h of nw Elev. 4840' ,
slope 5%, aspect SE, soil deep sand.
Community: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Oryzopsis
hymenoides, and Eurotia lanata.
Associates: Astragalus geyeri, Lupinus pusillus,
Mentzelia albicaulis, Oenothera pallida, and Agro-
pyron dasystachyum.
Plants abundant all through area, ca 20% of popula-
tion flowering. Flowers pale lavender-yellow.
Federal Review List - Category 1.
Collected by:
A.F.Cholewa & D.M.Henderson 591	26 May 81
00801221