Nissolia wislizeni
J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 25. 1861.
Stems prostrate, to 1.2 m, moderately white-pubescent and glandular-setose. Leaves 0.5–6 cm; stipules deltate-ovate, 5–7 × 1–2.5 mm; leaflets 5, usually folded when dry, axis recurved, blades orbiculate to elliptic, 4–20 × 4–22 mm, base obtuse to subcordate, apex obtuse to emarginate, mucronulate, surfaces puberulent to glabrate abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Inflorescences 1–5-flowered, fasciculate. Pedicels 3–20 mm. Flowers: calyx (3–)4–5 mm, puberulent and setose; tube (2–)3–4 mm × 3 mm; lobes deltate-subulate, 1 mm; corolla (8–)10–15 mm. Loments 2–5-segmented, 20–40 mm, pubescent to glabrate; fertile segments 7–10 × 3–7 mm, sterile segment 6–11 × 3–7 mm; stipe 1–2 mm. Seeds 5 × 3 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Open grasslands, mesas, slopes.
Elevation: 1500–1600 m.
Distribution
Ariz., Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas).
Discussion
Nissolia wislizeni is known from Coconino County in the flora area.
Selected References
None.