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Hamosa francisquitensis (M. E. Jones) Rydberg
Astragalus francisquitensis M. E. Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 5: 666. 1895.
Astragalus lagunensis M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 8: 11. 1898.
Astragalus francisquitensis lagunensis M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 10: 61. 1902.
A slender annual, or according to the original description perennial; stems decumbent at the base, slightly strigose, 1-2 dm. long; leaves 5-10 cm. long; stipules subulate or lanceolate, 4 mm. long; leaflets 15-23, obovate-oblong, emarginate, 5-15 mm. long, strigose beneath; peduncles 5-10 cm. long; racemes short, 2-5 cm. long, 10-15-flowered; bracts deltoid, 1-2 mm. long; calyx strigose, the tube 3 mm. long, the teeth about 1.5 mm. long, subulate; corolla about S mm. long; banner oblong-obovate, arched above the middle; wings nearly as long, the blade oblong, slightly falcate; keel-petals shorter, the blade lunate, rounded at the apex; pod linear-oblong, glabrous, straight, about 12 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide.
Type locality: San Francisquito, Lower California.
Distribution: Lower California.
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Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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