Herbs perennial, mat- or tuft-forming, caulescent or subacaulescent; caudex superficial. Hairs basifixed. Stems few to many. Stipules distinct. Leaves odd-pinnate, petiolate; leaflets 5–9(or 11). Racemes loosely flowered, flowers ascending. Calyx tubes campanulate. Corollas pink-purple, banner recurved through 45°, keel apex bluntly deltate. Legumes deciduous, sessile, ascending or spreading (humistrate), oblong-ellipsoid or oblong-oblanceoloid, somewhat 3-sided, sub-bilocular. Seeds 12–19.

Distribution

California.

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Astragalus panamintensis