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Astragalus collinus

Astragalus oniciformis

hill milk-vetch, hillside milk-vetch
Habit Perennial from a taproot with several spreading to erect stems 1-5 dm. tall, finely puberulent.
Leaves

Perennial from a taproot with several spreading to erect stems 1-5 dm. tall, finely puberulent.

Flowers

Inflorescence of closely 15- to 40-flowered racemes, elongate in fruit;

peduncles longer than the leaves, up to 15 cm. long; pedicles 2-3 mm. long;

flowers reflexed, about 1.5 cm. long, creamy white to yellowish- or greenish-tinged;

calyx 7-10 mm. long, puberulent, the 5 teeth 1-3 mm. long;

banner upturned only slightly, the wings considerably exceeding the banner but scarcely exceeding the blunt keel.

Fruits

Pod pendulous, with a stipe 5-15 mm. long, the body linear to lance-oblong, nearly straight, 7-25 mm. long and 2.5-4.2 mm. broad, wedge-shaped at each end, laterally compressed.

Astragalus collinus

Astragalus oniciformis
Flowering time May-June
Habitat Basaltic grasslands and sagebrush deserts.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to Oregon, east to west-central Idaho along the Snake and Clearwater Rivers.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. agrestis, A. alpinus, A. arrectus, A. arthuri, A. arthurii, A. asotinensis, A. australis, A. beckwithii, A. canadensis, A. caricinus, A. cicer, A. columbianus, A. conjunctus, A. cusickii, A. diaphanus, A. eucosmus, A. falcatus, A. filipes, A. geyeri, A. hoodianus, A. howellii, A. inflexus, A. kentrophyta, A. laxmannii, A. leibergii, A. lentiginosus, A. lyallii, A. microcystis, A. misellus, A. miser, A. pulsiferae, A. purshii, A. reventiformis, A. reventus, A. riparius, A. robbinsii, A. sclerocarpus, A. sheldonii, A. sinuatus, A. spaldingii, A. speirocarpus, A. succumbens, A. tenellus, A. tweedyi, A. whitneyi
A. agrestis, A. alpinus, A. arrectus, A. arthuri, A. arthurii, A. asotinensis, A. australis, A. beckwithii, A. canadensis, A. caricinus, A. cicer, A. collinus, A. columbianus, A. conjunctus, A. cusickii, A. diaphanus, A. eucosmus, A. falcatus, A. filipes, A. geyeri, A. hoodianus, A. howellii, A. inflexus, A. kentrophyta, A. laxmannii, A. leibergii, A. lentiginosus, A. lyallii, A. microcystis, A. misellus, A. miser, A. pulsiferae, A. purshii, A. reventiformis, A. reventus, A. riparius, A. robbinsii, A. sclerocarpus, A. sheldonii, A. sinuatus, A. spaldingii, A. speirocarpus, A. succumbens, A. tenellus, A. tweedyi, A. whitneyi
Subordinate taxa
A. collinus var. collinus
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