Astragalus eurekensis M. E. Jones

Xylophacos eurekensis (M. E. Jones) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts
504, 1063. 1917.
Astragalus glareosus M. E. Jones, Zoe 3: 291. 1893. Not A. glareosus Dougl. 1831. Astragalus eurekensis M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 8: 12. 1898.
A cespitose perennial, with a deep root; stems very short, covered with the remains of leafbases; leaves ascending, 5-15 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long; leaflets 7-15, lanceolate-elliptic, 8-15 mm. long, 3-5 mm. wide, acute at each end, strigose-canescent; peduncles 5-12 cm. long, slender; racemes 2-7-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 3-6 mm. long; calyx silky-villous with black and white hairs, the tube 7-9 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 3-4 mm. long; corolla cream-white with purple-tipped keel, 2-2.5 mm. long; banner obovate, notched, slightly arcuate; wings shorter, the blades linear-oblong, nearly straight; keel-petals shorter and twice as broad, strongly arcuate and rounded at the tip; pod lanceolate in outline, 2-3 cm. long, 8 mm. thick, and 5 mm. wide, strongly arcuate at the middle, sulcate below, rather sparingly loosely silky-villous.
Type locality: Not given [presumably Eureka, Utah).
Distribution: Central Utah.