Rare Plant Field Guide

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Photo Copyright © 1999 by S. Spackman Fabaceae (Pea Family) Look Alikes: A. eastwoodiae has purple flowers. (A. debequaeus may be a white color form of purple-flowered A. eastwoodiae.) Flowering/Fruiting Period: Late April-May/May. Habitat: Varicolored, fine textured, seleniferous, saline soils of the Wasatch Formation-Atwell Gulch Member. Barren outcrops of dark clay interspersed with lenses of sandstone. Elev. 5100-6400 ft. Photo Copyright © 1999 by S. Spackman Distribution: Colorado endemic (Colorado River Valley near Debeque, Garfield and Mesa Cos.). References: Barneby 1964; O’Kane 1986 and 1988; Welsh 1985. Please send comments to: Colorado Natural Heritage Program 254 General Services Building, Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO 80523 · (970) 491-2992