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curve-pod milk-vetch  Astragalus speirocarpus,Geotagged,Spring,United States,curve-pod Milk-vetch Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Curvepod milk-vetch is a tufted, numerous branched, prostrate perennial with spreading to ascending stems from 10-40 cm long. Its herbage is gray, with numerous short microscopic hairs that are sharp, stiff and appressed to the stems and leaves. The pinnately compound leaves are 3 to 6 cm in length, with 9 to 17 leaflets which are oblong and rounded to obovate with blunt or notched tips.

The flower stems are shorter than or about equal to the upper leaves. The spreading or ascending flowers.. more

Similar species: Fabales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Apr 30, 2019. Captured Apr 28, 2019 10:26 in Unnamed Road, Ellensburg, WA 98926, USA.
  • X-E2
  • f/1.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 55mm