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 Flower Middle Verde RiverSue Smith |  Leaves Middle Verde RiverSue Smith |  Leaves Middle Verde RiverSue Smith |  Plant - spring Middle Verde RiverSue Smith | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Astragalus spp.
General Desc:
A low, stemless perennial with silvery green compound leaves and purplish-pink pea-shaped flowers.
Identification notes: Banner wings (upper petals) deeply notched at the apex. Plant hairs are dolabriform (pick-shaped and attached near their middle). Seed pods are 2-celled and distinguish this species from other Astragalus spp.
Height:
6 to 8 inches
Habitat Description: Rocky slopes, mesas, pinyon-juniper forests.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 3000 - 8000 feet
Color:
Pink to purplish
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Jul
Description:
Pea-like flowers, petals pink to purplish, often purple-tipped or pink-tipped, fading to blue. Banner petals are white in the center.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaflets 3 to 7, about 1/4 inch long, obovate and narrow to or egg-shaped, broadest toward their tip.
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Pods are 2-celled, narrowly oblong, usually curved, 1/2 to 3/4 inches long, to 1/4 inch wide, ascending, without stems and laterally compressed.
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