Astragalus inyoensis

Astragalus inyoensis is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Inyo milkvetch.

Astragalus inyoensis
In Inyo Mountains
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. inyoensis
Binomial name
Astragalus inyoensis
E.Sheld.

It is native to the Great Basin Desert mountains and flats of western Nevada, and the White and Inyo Mountains of eastern California, US.[1][2]

Description

Astragalus inyoensis is a low, mat-forming perennial herb with slender, crooked gray-green stems growing up to 60 centimeters long. The leaves are a few centimeters long and are made up of several oval scoop-shaped leaflets each a few millimeters in length.[3]

The flowers bloom in May, June, and July.[1] The flowers are White, Pink, or Purple.[4] Its size is around 1/3 of a foot to 2 feet tall.[5]

The inflorescence produces up to 15 pinkish purple flowers each around a centimeter long. The fruit is a hanging legume pod just over a centimeter long which is narrow and curved in shape and leathery in texture.

References
  1. "Astragalus inyoensis Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  2. "Astragalus inyoensis E.Sheld. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. "Astragalus inyoensis".
  4. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  5. "Inyo Milkvetch, Astragalus inyoensis". calscape.org. Retrieved 2023-07-28.


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