Astragalus kentrophyta var. jessiae A. Gray (Peck) Barneby
Fabaceae
Loraine Yeatts
5017
2005-07-04
Rebecca Day-Skowron
United States of America, Wyoming, Fremont, Beaver Divide ca. 6 mi NW of Sweetwater Station, 1.5 N UT hwy 287, Cottonwood LCreek drainage.
7.5' Red Canyon quad, T30N R96W sec2; . .
2053 meters
6735 FT
Tertiary White River Formation of tuffaceous sedimentary rocks. Barren white clay hoodoos, slopes and gullies below mesa rim; common associates include Eremogone hookeri, Ivesia gordonii, Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ochroleucum, Physaria didymocarpa, Phlox muscoides, Comandra umbellata, Stephanomeria capitata.
dense mat impregnated with soil; flowers white with purple-tipped keel; locally abundant, some plants spreading to 1 ft in diameter.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)