Astragalus inyoensis
In Inyo Mountains
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. inyoensis
Binomial name
Astragalus inyoensis
E.Sheld.

Astragalus inyoensis is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Inyo milkvetch.

It is native to the Great Basin Desert mountains and flats of western Nevada, and the White and Inyo Mountains of eastern California, US.[1][2]

Description

Astragalus inyoensis is a low, mat-forming perennial herb with slender, crooked gray-green stems growing up to 60 centimeters long. The leaves are a few centimeters long and are made up of several oval scoop-shaped leaflets each a few millimeters in length.[3]

The flowers bloom in May, June, and July.[1] The flowers are White, Pink, or Purple.[4] Its size is around 1/3 of a foot to 2 feet tall.[5]

The inflorescence produces up to 15 pinkish purple flowers each around a centimeter long. The fruit is a hanging legume pod just over a centimeter long which is narrow and curved in shape and leathery in texture.

References

  1. 1 2 "Astragalus inyoensis Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Astragalus inyoensis E.Sheld. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. ↑ "Astragalus inyoensis".
  4. ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  5. ↑ "Inyo Milkvetch, Astragalus inyoensis". calscape.org. Retrieved 2023-07-28.


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