Bent Milkvetch

Astragalus inflexus

A low, grayish-hairy plant, commonly forming small mats, with pinnately compound leaves and racemes of rose-pink pea flowers on very short stalks.
bent milk-vetch distinguished from hairy milk-vetch by longer flower stems Astragalus inflexus,Geotagged,Spring,United States,bent milk-vetch

Appearance

A low, grayish-hairy plant, commonly forming small mats, with pinnately compound leaves and racemes of rose-pink pea flowers on very short stalks.
milk vetch  Astragalus inflexus,Geotagged,Spring,United States,bent milk-vetch

Distribution

Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington south to Oregon, east to Idaho and Montana.

Habitat

Dry hillsides in shrub-steppe habitat.

References:

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http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?ID=1804
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASIN5
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusAstragalus
SpeciesAstragalus inflexus