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ellensburg milkvetch, Pauper milk-vetch

Habit Plants 2.5–15 cm.
Leaves

2.5–7 cm;

leaflets relatively distant and scattered, (7–)11 or 13, blade surfaces strigulose adaxially.

Astragalus misellus var. pauper

Phenology Flowering Apr–early Jun.
Habitat Mostly ridges and upper slopes, sometimes middle and lower slopes, sagebrush scablands.
Elevation 150–1400 m. (500–4600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
WA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Long known from only one or two collections, var. pauper occurs primarily along the western margin of the Columbia Basin province from Douglas to Klickitat counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Miselli > Astragalus misellus
Sibling taxa
A. misellus var. misellus
Name authority Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 458. (1964)
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