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Taxon: Sphaerophysa salsula (Pall.) DC.

Genus: Sphaerophysa
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Galegeae subtribe: Astragalinae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 35239
Place of publication: Prodr. 2:271. 1825 (Mém. Légum. 288. 1826)
Name verified on: 28-Oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-Jul-2002
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 4 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CA*, ID°, ID(as Swainsona salsula)°, NV*, NV(as Swainsona salsula)°, OR*°, WA*, WY°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:


Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Afghanistan [n.]; Iran [n.w.]
    Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Dagestan
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
    Mongolia: Mongolia [n.]
    China: China - Xinjiang [n. & w.]

References:

  • Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part II. The Cercidothrix, Hypoglottis, Piptolodoid, Trimeniaeus and Orophaca Astragali. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:1162.
  • Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31. (Names Beetle)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. 1963–. Plantae asiae centralis. (F CAsia)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Sphaerophysa salsula (Pall.) DC.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?35239 (09 September 2010)

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