Plants 30–55 cm, villosulous. Stems decumbent to ascending, proximal internodes greatly shortened, villosulous. Leaves (3–)5–12 cm; stipules obscuring proximal internodes, 3–6 mm, papery-membranous at prox­imal nodes; leaflet blades lanceolate-oblong, oblong, or oblong-elliptic, 6–22 mm, apex emarginate or retuse, surfaces villosulous, sometimes glabrous adaxially. Peduncles incurved-ascending, 4.5–15 cm. Racemes 7–15-flowered; axis 1.5–7.5 cm in fruit; bracts 1.5–3.3 mm; bracteoles (0–)2. Pedicels ascending, 1.5–3.3 mm. Flowers 13.8–19.3 mm; calyx 6–9.4 mm, villosulous, tube 4.2–5.5 mm, lobes subulate, 1.7–4 mm; corolla whitish, drying ochroleucous or yellowish; keel 9.5–12.3 mm. Legumes pendulous (humistrate), brown­ish stramineous, oblong-ovoid or semi-ovoid, 10–25 × (4–)4.5–12 mm, fleshy becoming leathery or woody, glabrous or loosely strigulose; stipe 5–12 mm.

Distribution

w United States.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Astragalus accidens var. accidens, Astragalus accidens var. hendersonii

Key

1	Legumes 10–16 × (4–)4.5–7 mm, loosely stri­gulose; Douglas and Josephine counties, Oregon.	Astragalus accidens var. accidens
1	Legumes 16–25 × 8–12 mm, glabrous; Jackson County, Oregon, to n California.	Astragalus accidens var. hendersonii