Herbs perennial, caulescent; caudex superficial. Hairs basifixed. Stems several to many. Stipules distinct. Leaves odd-pinnate, short-petiolate or subsessile; leaflets (9 or)11–19(or 21). Racemes loosely flowered, flowers spreading. Calyx tubes campanulate. Corollas pink-purple, banner striate with purple veins, banner recurved through 30–40°, keel apex obtuse. Legumes ultimately deciduous, stipitate, declined, obliquely ovoid, strongly incurved, 3-sided obcompressed, long-cuspidate apically, grooved dorsally, semibilocular. Seeds 17–21.

Distribution

sw United States.

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Astragalus inyoensis