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Taxon: Oxytropis lambertii var. bigelovii A. Gray
Family: Fabaceae

Collector: Frates, Tony   815   

Date: 2016-04-08

Locality: United States, Utah, Garfield, Little Egypt Geological Site, approx. 21 miles south of Hanksville, Utah

38.08028  -110.62801 +-8m.  WGS84

Georeference Remarks: Garmin GPS76

Elevation: 1520 meters (4986ft)

Habitat: Desert shrub, sparsely vegetated

Substrate: Red sandy soil derived from Entrada Sandstone with large loose gravels

Associated Species: Oenothera cespitosa var. navajoensis, Sphaeralcea coccinea, Phacelia crenulata, Atriplex corrugata

Description: Leaflets mostly 9-13, linear (becoming somewhat wider on lower stems), hairs upwardly pointing/appressed and simple/basifixed, with only occasional malpighian/dolabriform hairs on stems and leaves; erect/ascending naked racemes only somewhat exserted above leaves with numerous (8-12+) terminal flowers, rose-pink (drying dark purple/indigo) with narrow white-streaked banners extending more than half of the banner height; calyces with dense silky hairs

Reproductive Condition: Flowering

Notes: This is the lowland, warm desert phase as described by Barneby (1989, IF Vol. 3B) and which is currently only known from three counties in Utah. Perhaps worthy of separate taxonomic recognition at some level.

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Author: Tony Frates

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Record ID: e2954132-0ddd-4c0b-8dae-4e6507564eb0

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