Astragalus salmonis M. E. Jones

Tium salmonis (M. E. Jones) Rydberg
Astragalus Salmonis M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 8: 9. 1898.
A perennial, with a woody taproot and short cespitose caudex ; stems many, 1-2.5 dm. high, ascending, strigose, 5-10 em. long; stipules deltoid, scarious, 3-4 mm. long; leaflets 11-15, oblong to elliptic, 3-5 mm. long, obtuse, strigose beneath, glabrate above; peduncles 5-10 cm. long, erect or ascending; racemes 3-5-flowered, 1-3 cm. long; bracts ovate or lanceolate, 1-2 mm. long; pedicels 2-4 mm. long; calyx strigose, the tube 3 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, the teeth subulate, 2 mm. long; corolla purple-tinged or white, 8-10 mm. long; banner obovate, stronglyarched at the middle; wings slightly shorter, the blade oblong-falcate with a reflexed auricle; keel-petals much shorter, the blade broadly lunate, obtuse; pod subsessile, pendent, the body inverted boat-shaped, purple-blotched, strigose, about 2 cm. long, 4 mm. wide, and 6 mm. thick, broadly sulcate on the lower suture, the septum very narrow.
Typb locality: Trout Creek, Blue Mountains, Oregon.
Distribution: Eastern Oregon.

Perennial, Herbs, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems very short, acaulescent or subacaulescent, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules membranous or chartaceous, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Stipules clasping stem at the base, Leaves compound, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Flowers in axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals white, Petals ochroleucous, cream colored, Pet als pinkish to rose, Banner petal narrow or oblanceolate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel petals auriculate, spurred, or gibbous, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Style persistent in fruit, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit humistrate, lying on the ground, Fruit tardily or weakly dehiscent, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit rugose wrinkled or reticulate, Fruit fleshy, Fruit coriaceous or becoming woody, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit beaked, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit hairy, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seeds cordiform, mit-shaped, notched at one end, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.

Astragalus salmonis adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Fabaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Fabales. Spesies Astragalus salmonis sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Astragalus. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh M.E.Jones.

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