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Astragalus nuttallianus var. austrinus; Small Flowered Milkvetch   

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Astragalus nuttallianus var. austrinus
Astragalus nuttallianus var. austrinus
Small Flowered Milkvetch
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 1118 1038 (2018-11-24)

Copyright © 2018 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Apr 26, 2018
  • latitude 32.94600   longitude 105.86710     View on Google Maps.
  • location   US Highway 82, mile marker 7, 0.6 mile west of tunnel entrance, 0.5 mile east of Steep Hill Road (Co. rd. A-80),Fresnal Canyon (Otero County, New Mexico, US)
  • family Fabaceae
  • plant community   Chihuahuan Desert scrub transition to juniper-oak woodland at 6020' (1835m)
  • notes   in gray limestone rubble on steep slope of north facing canyon wall with Fraxinus cuspidata, Juniper monosperma, Cercocarpus montanus, Opuntia phaecantha. Some authorities have elevated this variety to species status as A. austrinus.
  • keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 29
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Small Flowered Milkvetch (photographer)
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