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Astragalus succumbens

Columbia milkvetch, crouching milkvetch

cobblestone milkvetch

Habit Plants perennial, caulescent, densely to thinly grayish hirsute, hairs basifixed. Plants perennial, caulescent, mat-forming, white tomentose, hairs basifixed.
Stems

several, decumbent to erect, 2–40(50) cm.

several–numerous, prostrate; (2)5–25(30) cm.

Leaves

3–10(11) cm;

leaflets (7)9–19, oblong to oblong-ovate, obovate to elliptic, 5–19 × 3–9 mm;

tips acute to obtuse or retuse;

surfaces abaxially hirsute, adaxially hirsute to glabrescent;

stipules (1.5)2.5–8(9) mm; free.

3–11 cm;

leaflets (7)11–17, broadly obovate; ovate-cuneate or broadly oblanceolate, 4–17 × 2.5–6.5 mm;

tips obtuse, emarginate or subacute;

surfaces abaxially white tomentose, adaxially tomentose, sometimes more thinly so and greenish;

stipules (1.5)3–7 mm; free.

Inflorescences

racemes densely 10–25-flowered;

peduncles 1.5–5.5 cm;

bracts (2.5)4–12 mm;

pedicels 0.5–2.3 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

racemes subcapitate; (2)4–8-flowered;

peduncles 1–7 cm;

bracts (1.5)3–6 mm;

pedicels 1.4–3.4 mm;

bracteoles 0–2.

Flowers

spreading-ascending at anthesis;

calyces 9.5–13(15) mm; hirsute to hirsutulous with all white or white with some black hairs;

tubes 7–8.6 mm;

teeth subulate to linear-lanceolate, 2.5–5.5 mm;

corollas 14–20(23) mm, bicolored;

banners pink to white;

wings white;

keels pink to purple;

tips spotted;

ovules 27–38.

ascending at anthesis;

calyces 12–17(19) mm, often purplish-tinged, thinly villosulous with mainly white hairs;

tubes 10–14 mm;

teeth subulate or subulate-setaceous; (2)3–5 mm;

corollas 19–25.5 mm, pink-purple;

ovules 30–41.

Fruits

bilocular, ascending, lunately linear-lanceolate or -oblong, arcuate to straight, triquetrous, strongly compressed, deeply sulcate dorsally; (20)25–40 × 4–8 mm, glabrous;

valves cartilaginous;

stipes 0.

unilocular, ascending, humistrate, obliquely-ovoid or oblong-ellipsoid, obcompressed; (15)20–40(45) × (8)9–13 mm, villous-hirsute;

hairs not concealing valve surfaces;

valves coriaceous;

stipes 0.

2n

=24.

Astragalus succumbens

Astragalus nudisiliquus

Distribution
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Discussion

Sandy hills and dunes, roadbanks, sagebrush. Flowering Apr–Jul. 50–900 m. Col. WA. Native.

Rocky slopes, sandy riverbanks, cobblestone alluvia, eroded slopes with sagebrush. Flowering May–Jun. 600–1400 m. Owy. ID. Native.

Astragalus nudisiliquus may resemble A. purshii, but the latter’s valve surfaces are usually completely concealed by dense pubescence. In A. nudisiliquus, the valve surfaces are easily seen through the hairs.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 674
Richard Halse
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 670
Richard Halse
Sibling taxa
A. accidens, A. agrestis, A. alpinus, A. alvordensis, A. applegatei, A. arthuri, A. atratus, A. australis, A. beckwithii, A. californicus, A. calycosus, A. canadensis, A. caricinus, A. collinus, A. conjunctus, A. curvicarpus, A. cusickii, A. diaphanus, A. drummondii, A. eremiticus, A. filipes, A. gambellianus, A. geyeri, A. hoodianus, A. howellii, A. inflexus, A. iodanthus, A. kentrophyta, A. lemmonii, A. lentiginosus, A. malacus, A. misellus, A. mulfordiae, A. multiflorus, A. newberryi, A. nudisiliquus, A. obscurus, A. peckii, A. platytropis, A. purshii, A. reventus, A. robbinsii, A. salmonis, A. sclerocarpus, A. sheldonii, A. solitarius, A. spaldingii, A. sterilis, A. tegetarioides, A. tetrapterus, A. toanus, A. tweedyi, A. tyghensis, A. umbraticus, A. vallaris, A. whitneyi
A. accidens, A. agrestis, A. alpinus, A. alvordensis, A. applegatei, A. arthuri, A. atratus, A. australis, A. beckwithii, A. californicus, A. calycosus, A. canadensis, A. caricinus, A. collinus, A. conjunctus, A. curvicarpus, A. cusickii, A. diaphanus, A. drummondii, A. eremiticus, A. filipes, A. gambellianus, A. geyeri, A. hoodianus, A. howellii, A. inflexus, A. iodanthus, A. kentrophyta, A. lemmonii, A. lentiginosus, A. malacus, A. misellus, A. mulfordiae, A. multiflorus, A. newberryi, A. obscurus, A. peckii, A. platytropis, A. purshii, A. reventus, A. robbinsii, A. salmonis, A. sclerocarpus, A. sheldonii, A. solitarius, A. spaldingii, A. sterilis, A. succumbens, A. tegetarioides, A. tetrapterus, A. toanus, A. tweedyi, A. tyghensis, A. umbraticus, A. vallaris, A. whitneyi
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