Burke: Astragalus sinuatus

	Astragalus sinuatus
	Whited's milk-vetch
Habit	Robust perennial from a woody taproot and crown, the stems decumbent, 2-4.5 dm. tall, grayish-woolly throughout with curly hairs.
Leaves	Robust perennial from a woody taproot and crown, the stems decumbent, 2-4.5 dm. tall, grayish-woolly throughout with curly hairs.
Flowers	Robust perennial from a woody taproot and crown, the stems decumbent, 2-4.5 dm. tall, grayish-woolly throughout with curly hairs.
Fruits	pendulous, with a stipe 5-7 mm. long, the body ellipsoid, curved, wedge-shaped at both ends, 24-27 mm. long and 4-5 mm. thick, 1-celled, the fleshy valves becoming leathery.

	Astragalus sinuatus
Flowering time	May
Habitat	Among sagebrush on rocky hillsides.
Distribution	Endemic to Chelan County in Washington. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Endangered in Washington (WANHP)
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. 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. spaldingii, A. speirocarpus, A. succumbens, A. tenellus, A. tweedyi, A. whitneyi
Web links	Local floras: WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Astragalus sinuatus

Whited's milk-vetch

Habit

Robust perennial from a woody taproot and crown, the stems decumbent, 2-4.5 dm. tall, grayish-woolly throughout with curly hairs.

Leaves

Robust perennial from a woody taproot and crown, the stems decumbent, 2-4.5 dm. tall, grayish-woolly throughout with curly hairs.

Flowers

Robust perennial from a woody taproot and crown, the stems decumbent, 2-4.5 dm. tall, grayish-woolly throughout with curly hairs.

Fruits

pendulous, with a stipe 5-7 mm. long, the body ellipsoid, curved, wedge-shaped at both ends, 24-27 mm. long and 4-5 mm. thick, 1-celled, the fleshy valves becoming leathery.