Astragalus vaccarum A. Gray
Family: Fabaceae
Cow Spring Milk-Vetch,  more...
Astragalus vaccarum image
© 2012 Richard Spellenberg  

Plant: Prostrate to erect perennial forb 20-40 cm

Leaves: leaves compound, alternate; leaflets >15, hairy underneath, glabrous above, 8-15 mm long

Flowers: flowers purple, in dense racemes, ~5mm long; pods deflexed, 6-12 mm long, with cusp-like beak.

Astragalus vaccarum image
© 2012 Richard Spellenberg  
Astragalus vaccarum image
© 2012 Richard Spellenberg