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Astragalus funereus

Taxonomy 
Scientific Name:Astragalus funereus
Common name:black woollypod
Rank and Status   
Global Rank:G2 Native Status:Native
Subnational (State) Rank:S2 Endemic:No
US ESA Status:None Sand Dunes:No
NNHP Tracking Status:At-Risk List Wetland:No
Other Agency Status Status Last Updated Status Comments
Bureau of Land Management - Nevada Sensitive BLM Nevada Sensitive Species List dated 2017-10-01
Nevada Native Plant Society Watch
Distribution (NV Counties)

Status: Reported but false

Clark

Status: Predicted or probable

Lincoln

Status: Confident or certain

Nye
Summary Occurrence Data
Occurrence Count:16
Total Observed Area (hectares):460
Maximum Known Elevation (m):1908
Minimum Known Elevation (m):975
Links
Astragalus funereus data at NatureServe
Astragalus funereus photos and data at Encyclopedia of Life
Reports
Nevada Rare Plant Atlas
Nevada Rare Plant Atlas Maps
 
Character Abstract
Identification Comments:
Subspecies Comments:
Lookalikes:
Phenology Comments:
Reproduction Comments:Almost certainly insect pollinated, and therefore vulnerable to pollinator declines.
Habitat Comments:Dry, open scree, talus, or gravelly alluvium derived from light-colored volcanic tuff, on east, south, less commonly west, rarely north aspects.
Ecology Comments:
Inventory Comments:Surveys have been conducted in Nevada but remain largely incomplete.
Inventory Needs:
Version Date:08/15/2001 - 12:00am
Images:
plant in flower and fruit
Photographer: Copyright Susan Cochrane Levitsky, California Department of Fish & Game
Photo Date:
close-up of flowers
Photographer: Copyright Susan Cochrane Levitsky, California Department of Fish & Game
Photo Date:
Illustration from Mozingo and Williams, 1980.
Photographer: Jeanne R. Janish
Photo Date: 1980