. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i6. PEA FAMILY. 7. Psoralea argophylla Pursh. Silver-leaf Psoralea. Fig. 2497. Psoralea incana Nutt. Fraser Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea argophylla Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 475. 1814. Erect, widely branched, densely silvery pubescent with white appressed hairs throughout. Stem often zigzag, l°-3° high; petioles shorter than or equalling the leaves; stipules
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i6. PEA FAMILY. 7. Psoralea argophylla Pursh. Silver-leaf Psoralea. Fig. 2497. Psoralea incana Nutt. Fraser Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea argophylla Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 475. 1814. Erect, widely branched, densely silvery pubescent with white appressed hairs throughout. Stem often zigzag, l°-3° high; petioles shorter than or equalling the leaves; stipules narrowly linear, 3"-4" long; leaflets 3-5, digitate, very short-stalked, oval, oblong or obovate, obtuse and mucronate or acutish at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 8"-is" long, 3"-6" wide; peduncles exceeding the leaves; inflorescence spicate, interrupted, the blue flowers sessile, about 4" long, in clusters of 2-4; bracts lanceolate, slightly longer than the corolla, persistent; calyx-lobes lan- ceolate ; pod ovate, straight-beaked. Prairies and plains, Wisconsin and Minnesota to North Dakota, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Missouri, Colorado and New Mexico. 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, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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