Astragalus lentiginosus sesquimetralis (Rydb.) Barneby (1945:116)
Sodaville milkvetch, Mono locoweed
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1882 (Ripley, 1975:43)
Since Rediscovered [by implication] (NatureServe, 2024)
Previously considered possibly Extinct ("poEX") (Ripley, 1975:43), and known to be extant today (NatureServe, 2024), and thus implicitly Rediscovered at some point.
Distribution & Habitat
Nevada (Mineral and Nye counties) & California (Inyo County), USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Kartesz, J. T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
NatureServe. (2024). Astragalus lentiginosus var. sesquimetralis: Sodaville Milkvetch. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed 1 December 2024]
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 1 December 2024]
Ripley, S. Dillon. (1975). Report on endangered and threatened species of the United States. House Document 94-51: 1-200 [43].
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). (1992). Proposed rule for seven desert milk-vetch taxa from California and Nevada. Federal Register 57(90): 19844-19851.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). (1998). Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: withdrawal of proposed rule to list the plants Astragalus lentiginosus var. micans (shining milk-vetch) and Astragalus lentiginosus var. sesquimetralis (Sodaville milk-vetch) as threatened. Federal Register 63(193): 53631-53635.