Kearney and Peebles 1969, McDougall 1973, New Mexico Rare Plant Technical Council 1999

Duration: Perennial

Nativity: Native

Lifeform: Forb/Herb

General: Herbaceous perennials, stems trailing to nearly erect.

Leaves: Alternate, pinnately 3-5 foliolate, leaflets narrowly lanceolate.

Flowers: Light pink to reddish-purple, with banner, wing, and keel petals (papilionaceous), 2-3 cm long, calyx tubular, 4-toothed, stamens 10, borne axillary on short petioles, solitary or in clusters of 2-3.

Fruits: Pods narrowly oblong, flattened. Seeds several.

Ecology: Found from 0,000-0,000 ft (0000-0000 m); flowering

Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas.

Ethnobotany: Unknown

Etymology: The meaning of Cologania is unknown, while pallida means pale.

Synonyms: None

Editor: LCrumbacher 2012