Plants 5–15 cm. Leaves 1–6 cm, rachis about equaling longest leaflet; leaflets 7 or 9(–13), con­gested on rachis, blade surfaces shaggy-pilose. Peduncles villous hairs spreading, horizontal, fine. Racemes 5–9-flowered. Calyces somewhat accrescent and inflated, ruptured in fruit or not, entirely or partially enclosing pod. Corollas 15–19 mm. Legumes usually not disarticulated from calyx, ovoid-oblong, 8–13 × 5 mm.

Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Stony, calcareous ridge crests.
Elevation: 800–2000 m.

Distribution

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Alta., Mont.

Discussion

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