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Astragalus succumbens

crouching milk-vetch, sprawling milk-vetch

balloon milk-vetch

Astragalus succumbens

Astragalus whitneyi

Flowering time April-June May-August
Habitat Sagebrush deserts, sandy barrens and lower foothills. High, open, rocky ridges and slopes, often in serpentine.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington from Kittitas and Grant counties south; Washington to Umatilla and Gilliam Counties, Oregon.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern 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. 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. 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
Subordinate taxa
A. whitneyi var. sonneanus
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