Participant Info

Species

Astragalus convallarius [Astragalus compestris] [Astragalus diversifolius] [Homalobus campestris]

Family

Fabaceae

CommonName

lesser rushy milkvetch

Presence

MAYBE

Status

native

EarliestDate

1924

LatestDate

1993

Ecosystem

basin, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, UBasin

Counties

Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Primarily a west-slope NW Colorado plant, Astragalus convallarius may be represented by two records from the Watershed: one in the Alamosa NWR (1924), and the other near the Rio Grande Ranger Station NW of Saguache (1993). Both vouchers should be reviewed. Ackerfield, probably wisely, shows no records from the Watershed. These two Watershed records would be isolated southwestern outliers of a plant whose central range is Utah, western Nevada, southern Idaho, southwestern Wyoming, and northwestern Colorado.

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