19.1 Astragalus didymocarpus Hook. & Arn. var. didymocarpus

Type:— USA, California, Douglas, Douglas s.n. 1833 (holotype: K 000999251 digital image!; isotype: G 00386354 digital image!, NY 0005398 digital image!

Tragacantha didymocarpa (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 944. 1891.— Hesperastragalus didymocarpus (Hook. & Arn.) A. Heller, Muhlenbergia 2(18): 87. 1905.— Astragalus didymocarpus Hook. & Arn.var. daleoides Barneby, Aliso 2(3): 212. 1950.

Astragalus catalinensis Nutt., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4(1): 9. 1848; Hesperastragalus catalinensis (Nutt.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 53(3): 169. 1926.

Hesperastragalus compactus A. Heller, Muhlenbergia 2(2A): 218–219. 1906.

Characteristics as in the key. * I. L. Wiggins 5232 (CAS); ** I. L. Wiggins 5245 (CAS).

Distribution:— From Tijuana to Sierra Juárez; west coast through Ensenada, San Quintín to El Rosario and Punta Baja. Also, in California and Nevada (USA) (Fig. 5).

Habitat:— Sandy flats; sandy-gravelly roadbanks, clay soil; canyons along roads; vernal lakes; roadside; grassy claearings; arroyo beds; granite and sandy soils; plains; canyons; valleys; abandoned and cleared fields; coastal succulent scrub; burned pastures; chaparral; coastal scrub; saline ponds and salt flat; juniper forests; Pinus forest; 30–1625 m.

Specimens examined:—BAJA CALIFORNIA: 12 April 1882, Ensenada, M. E. Jones n.n (NY); 19 April 1886, San Telmo, C. R. Orcutt s.n. (CAS, NY) ; 1-?-1889, San Quinin, E. Palmer 614 (CAS, NY, US) ; 10 April 1931, Rosario Wash., I. L. Wiggins 5245 (CAS, NY); 9 April 1931, Small canyon 10 miles north of Rosario, I. L. Wiggins 5232 (CAS, NY, TEX-LL) ; 4 April 1958, 14.0 km northwest of Colonia Guerrero, P. H. Raven 12219, H. Lewis, H. Thompson (CAS) ; 17 April 1958, San Quintin, P. H. Raven 12344, M. Mathias, J. Turner (CAS) ; 25 March 1949, 1 mile north of west side of Laguna Santa Maria near San Quintin, J. H. Thomas 171 (CAS) ; 7 April 1936, San Quintin, C. Epling, Wm. Stewart s.n. (CAS) ; 4 June 1941, San Telmo Plains 7 miles east of san Telmo on road to Rancho San Jose (Meling’s Ranch), I. L. Wiggins 9725 (CAS) ; 7 July 1980, SE side of Laguna Mormona, 7 km NW of San Quentín Nuevo, at edge of a barley field bordering a salt flat, R. Moran 29005 (SD) ; 22 May 1965, Canyon 8.3 miles north of San Vicente on Ensenada Hwy, base of west-facing slope, P. Mudie 466 (SD) ; 9 May 1978, Sierra San Pedro Martir, on north slope, 9 km west of San José, R. Moran 25806 (SD) ; 25 March 1973, Ca. 2 km east of the eastern shore of Laguna Mormona, in abandoned field, P. J. Mudie 1113-11 (SD) ; 24 March 1973, Boca de Arroyo San Telmo, ca. 1.5 miles south of Cabo Colnett, saline pond & salt flat behind high (ca. 4 meters) cobble berm spanning the mouth of the arroyo, P. J. Mudie 1017 (SD) ; 4 April 1982, Cañon San José, 17 km east of San Vicente, in sandy arroyo bed, R. Moran 30265 (CAS, SD) ; 11 April 1982, 4 km east of Agua Grande & 15 km NW of San Vicente, in grassy clearing, R. Moran 30403 (SD) ; 19 April 2013, Reserva Natural de Valle Tranquilo: between San Quintin and El Rosario; in Arroyo Hondo, approximately 5 miles east of Mex. Hwy. 1, J. Rebman 25997b, S. Vanderplank, J. Riley (SD) ; 23 March 1998, Playa Seca, south of Cataviña and north of Laguna Chapala, along the east side of Mex Highway 1., J. M. Porter 11615, L. E. Machen. (CAS, SD) ; 28 May 1983, Sierra de Juarez, Laguna Hanson, Constitucion National Park, north end of the lake on sandy marsh delta & wet margins of the lake, R. F. Thorne 55811, W. Wisura, W. Steinmetz, et al. (CAS, SD) ; 16 April 1984, East shore of Laguna Hansen., A. Romspert s.n. (CAS, SD) ; 9 May 1985, S of El Condor: 0.5 –2.3 miles sout, R. F. Thorne 60600, W. Wisura (MEXU, SD).