Tephrosia brandegei (Standl.) L. Riley

Cracca brandegei Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat Herb. 20:217. 1919.
A diffusely branched perennial, with woody base; sems 3-5 dm. high, angled, densely hirtellous with short white hairs; leaves 3-7 cm. long, spreading; stipules subulate, 3 mm. long; petiole 1-2 cm. long, as well as the rachis hirtellous; leaflets 9-19, linear or linear-oblanceolate, 1-4.5 cm. long, 1-6 mm. wide, acute at each end or obtuse at the apex, short-pilose on both sides; racemes terminal and axillary, or sub-opposite the leaves, including the peduncle 1023 cm. long; calyx hirtellous, the tube about 1.5 mm. long, the lobes deltoid, attenuate, about as long; corolla rose-purple. 7-8 mm, long; batmer obovate, finely sericeous without, pod 3-4 cm. long, 2.5-3 mm. wide, minutely pilose, 7-S-seeded.
Type locality: Altata, Sinaloa. Distribution: Sinaloa and Durango.