| Oxytropis koyukukensis Pors. | |||
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| Family | Leguminosae — APG family: Fabaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Oxytropis arctica var. koyukukensis (Pors.) Welsh. | ||
| Description | Caespitose, erect, with branching caudex; leaves 15-25-foliate, alternate, opposite or sometimes subverticillate; leaflets sparsely pubescent above, white-villous below; stipules prominent, with long-attenuate free parts, long-pubescent on back, ciliate and with sausagelike processes in margin; inflorescence more or less capitate, 10-14- flowered; flowers spreading in anthesis; calyx with subulate teeth, half as long as tube; corolla about 20 mm long, purplish-blue; pod grayish-pubescent, with long beak. | ||
| Ecology | Sand bars, tundra meadows. One specimen seen. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.