Herbs perennial, caulescent; caudex superficial, trunklike. Hairs basifixed. Stems several to many. Stipules distinct. Leaves odd-pinnate, short-petiolate or subsessile; leaflets 25–33. Racemes densely flowered, flowers retrorsely imbricate. Calyx tubes ovoid-campanulate. Corollas pink-purple, banner recurved through 40°, keel apex round. Legumes deciduous, sessile, short gynophore present, deflexed, oblong to plumply lanceoloid-oblong, bluntly 3-sided compressed, straight or gently incurved, bilocular, separating into halves but held in place by invested calyx. Seeds 6–9.

Distribution

California.

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Astragalus brauntonii