Flora of North America species comparison

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Astragalus pachypus var. jaegeri
Photo is of parent taxon

Jaeger's bush milkvetch, Jaeger's milk vetch
Leaflets

(15 or)17–25(or 27).
Pedicels

0.9–1.7 mm, 1.5–2.7 mm in fruit.
Flowers

calyx tube 3.6–4 mm wide, lobes 1.8–2.9 mm;

corolla clear lemon yellow, drying ochroleucous;

banner 15–27 × 7.2–9 mm;

keel 10.7–12.6 mm;

wings 14–15 mm, claws 5–6.5 mm, blades 9–9.7 × 2.7–3.1 mm.

Astragalus pachypus var. jaegeri
Phenology Flowering Dec–Jun.
Habitat Grasslands, oak-chaparral.
Elevation 500–1100 m. (1600–3600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Variety jaegeri is narrowly restricted to arid valleys of the northwestern foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains in western Riverside County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Pachypodes > Astragalus pachypus
Sibling taxa
A. pachypus var. pachypus
Name authority Munz & McBurney: Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 31: 67. (1932)
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