Plants clump-forming, slender, 28–60 cm, strigulose, hairs basifixed; from superficial cau­dex. Stems erect to ascending, strigulose. Leaves 4–15(–18) cm; stipules 2–4(–6) mm, papery-scarious at proximal nodes, subherbaceous at distal nodes; leaflets 11–19(or 21), blades linear-oblong, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, or obovate, 2–13 mm, apex obtuse, subtruncate, or shallowly retuse, surfaces strigose, sometimes glabrous adaxially. Peduncles erect, 6–21(–24) cm. Racemes (5–)8–15-flowered, flowers ascending; axis (3–)5–18(–20) cm in fruit; bracts 1.5–2.3 mm; bracteoles 0. Pedicels 1–2.8 mm, little or no clavate thickening in fruit. Flowers 10.5–13.8 mm; calyx campanulate, 4.8–6.3 mm, strigulose-pilosulous, tube 3.1–4.2 mm, lobes subulate, 1.2–2.1 mm; corolla ochroleucous, keel tip tinged lilac; banner recurved through 40°; keel 8.5–9.6 mm. Legumes erect, pale green or purplish becoming stramineous, straight, linear-oblong, 3-sided compressed, lateral face flat, dorsal face narrower and grooved, 15–30 × 2.7–4 mm, ± bilocular, thin becoming papery, glabrous; septum 1–2 mm wide; stipe 3.5–7 mm. Seeds 16–18.

Phenology: Flowering Apr–early Jun.
Habitat: Pinyon-juniper, oak, and less commonly creosote bush communities.
Elevation: 1000–2100 m.

Distribution

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Nev.

Discussion

Astragalus remotus is restricted to southern Nevada, in the Spring (Charleston) Mountains. It is a southern member of a small group, several of which occur as far north as the Columbia Basin.

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Lower Taxa

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