Bolander's milkvetch
Seeds

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
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. bolanderi
Binomial name
Astragalus bolanderi
A.Gray, 1868

Astragalus bolanderi is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Bolander's milkvetch. It is native to western Nevada and parts of the Sierra Nevada in California.[2] It grows in dry, rocky habitat on mountain and plateau.

Description

Astragalus bolanderi is a perennial herb producing erect, drooping, or creeping stems up to 40 centimeters long. The stems are mostly naked, with a sparse coat of long, wavy hairs and a few leaves on the upper parts. The leaves are up to 16 centimeters long and are made up of very widely spaced oval to nearly lance-shaped leaflets each up to 2 centimeters long. The leaflet has a hard midrib that ends in a point at the tip.

It blooms between the months of June to September.[2] It is most commonly found in the elevations of between 6,000 to 8,000 feet.[3] It is most commonly found in the months of July and August.[4]

The inflorescence is a dense cluster of 7 to 18 pealike flowers. Each flower is between 1 and 2 centimeters long and is purple-tinted white. The fruit is an inflated, curved legume pod up to 3 centimeters long. It dries to a thick papery texture.

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer - Astragalus bolanderi". NatureServe Explorer Astragalus bolanderi. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Astragalus bolanderi Calflora".
  3. ↑ "Astragalus bolanderi | Bolander's milkvetch". wildflowersearch.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  4. ↑ "Astragalus bolanderi A.Gray". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.


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