. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. FABACEAE. 10. Astragalus alpinus L. Alpine Milk Vetch. Fig. Astragalus alpinus L. Sp. PI. 760. 1753. Phaca astragalina DC. Astrag. 64. 1S03. A. alpinus Brunetinus Fernald, Rhodora 10: gi. 1508. Ascending or decumbent, branched from the base 6-15' high, slightly pubescent, or glabrous. Stipules ovate, folia- ceous, 2"-3" long; leaflets 13-25, oval or e
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. FABACEAE. 10. Astragalus alpinus L. Alpine Milk Vetch. Fig. Astragalus alpinus L. Sp. PI. 760. 1753. Phaca astragalina DC. Astrag. 64. 1S03. A. alpinus Brunetinus Fernald, Rhodora 10: gi. 1508. Ascending or decumbent, branched from the base 6-15' high, slightly pubescent, or glabrous. Stipules ovate, folia- ceous, 2"-3" long; leaflets 13-25, oval or elliptic, obtuse or retuse, narrowed or rounded at the base, 3"-6" long; flowers violet, the keel commonly darker, in short racemes; peduncles mostly exceeding the leaves; pod i-celled, some- what flattened, membranous, stipitate, pendent, dehiscent, rather densely black-pubescent, oblong, acute, somewhat inflated, about 6" long, deeply furrowed on the under side; calyx dark-pubescent. On rocks. Maine and Vermont to Newfoundland and Lab- rador, west to Alaska and British Columbia, south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado. Also in northern Europe and Asia. June. I. Astragalus Blakei Eggleston. Blake's Alilk Vetch. Fig. 2544. A. Robbinsii occidentalis S. Wats. A. Robbinsii lesupi 'Egglesti Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn. 9 : King's Exp. 1895. A. Blakei Eggleston, Bot. Gaz. 2C Britton, Man. 1048. 1901. Similar to the two preceding species, but stem rather stouter, erect or nearly so, up to 20' high, sparingly pubescent. Leaflets 9-15, oblong to elliptic, obtuse or emarginate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; corolla whitish or bluish purple, 5"-6" long; pod i' long or less, pubescent, swollen, somewhat triangular in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nat
Size: 1377px × 1815px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbotany, bookyear1913
