Flora of North America species comparison

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Astragalus sect. Panamintenses
Habit Herbs perennial, mat- or tuft-forming, caulescent or subacaulescent; caudex superficial.
Stems

few to many.
Leaves

odd-pinnate, petiolate;

leaflets 5–9(or 11).
Racemes

loosely flowered, flowers ascending.
Corollas

pink-purple, banner recurved through 45°, keel apex bluntly deltate.
Calyx

tubes campanulate.
Legumes

deciduous, sessile, ascending or spreading (humistrate), oblong-ellipsoid or oblong-oblanceoloid, somewhat 3-sided, sub-bilocular.
Seeds

12–19.
Hairs

basifixed.
Stipules

distinct.

Astragalus sect. Panamintenses
Distribution
California
Discussion

Species 1.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus
Subordinate taxa
Name authority Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 998. (1964)
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