51.2. Astragalus lentiginosus Douglas var. borreganus M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 8: 3. 1898

Type:— USA, California, Borregos Springs, southeastern California, 16 April 1895, T. S. Brandegee (holotype: UC81347 digital image!; isotype: POM, not found) .

Astragalus coulteri Benth., Pl. Hartw. 307. 1848. — Tragacantha coulteri Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 944. 1891. — Astragalus lentiginosus var. coulteri M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 8: 4. 1898. — Cystium coulteri Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 50. 1913.

Distribution:— In Mexico, recorded in Sonora, in northwestern (San Luis Río Colorado and Golfo de Santa Clara), northeastern (San Fernando Ranch and Peñasquito), and in the central-northern area (Agua Prieta, Santa Ana and Magdalena). Also reported for the Peninsula of Baja California (Wiggins, 1980; samples not seen). Also in California (Fig. 15).

Habitat:— Desert plains; sandy and gravelly soils; disturbed areas; associated with Larrea, Ephedra, Hesperocallis, Encelia, Opuntia, Hilaria, Ambrosia, Aristida, Oenothera, Typha, Ambrosia, and Tamarix; 30– 700 m.

Speciemns examined:— BAJA CALIFORNIA: (reported by Wiggins, 1980, material no observed). SONORA: 26 February1958, Along Mexican Highway 2, 3.5 miles south-east of San Luis, P. H. Raven 11637 (CAS, NY) ; II-1904, La Grulla near to Intl. boundary, D. T. MacDugal, s.n. (NY) ; 4 March 1992, 5 March 1992, Ca. 9 airline km NNE of El Golfo de Sannta Clara, R. S. Felger, 92-181, K. Cliffton (CAS, MEXU) ; 4 March 1992, 9 km on Mex Hwy 2 east of center of San Luis, Rio Colorado, R. S. Felger 92-163, K. Cliffton (CAS, NY, SD) ; 6 March 1992, Ca. 14 airline km NNW of El Golfo de Santa Clara, at 3 km by road east of the El Golfo highway (Son 40) on the road to Tornillal and La Salina, R. S Felger 92-220, K. Cliffton (MEXU, NY) ; 6 March 1992, 10 km by road northeast of Sanchez Islas (abandoned RR mainentence station), NE of El Golfo de Santa Clara, R. S Felger 92-215, K. Cliffton (MEXU ; 13 March 2010, Sonoran Desert, ca. 7 km E of San Luis Río Colorado, B. T. Wilder 10-02, E. Ezcurra, P. Dayton, A. Martínez-B., N. Pietrasiak, L. Weller (USON, SD) ; 4 March 1992, 9 km on Mex Hwy 2 east of center of San Luis Río Colorado, R. S Felger 92-163, K. Cliffton (MEXU) ; 12 March 1993, San Luis Río Colorado, east side of the city, ca. 2 km east of college (CESUES), R. S Felger 93-210, D. O Reina (MEXU) ; 23 March 1993, Delta Region of the Rio Colorado. Santa Clara Slough, D. O. Reyna s.n. (MEXU) .