Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius
(Timber Milkvetch)
Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4054
Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4050
Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4038
Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius, FR265, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison Co. 4047
| Scientific Name | Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ASMIO |
| Common Name | Timber Milkvetch | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 192623 |
| Family | Fabaceae (Pea) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Life zones and habitat: Plains to subalpine (5200 to 11300 ft.); dry or moist soils in mountain meadows and forests. Plant: Low-growing perennial, variable in stature, with stems 1 to 8 inches long, thinly to rather densely covererd with very short hairs. Leaves: Odd pinnately-compound 2 to 8 inches long with 11 to 19 linear, linear-elliptic leaflets 0.2 to 1.2 inches long; upper surfaces mostly smooth, lower thinly to rather densely covererd with very short hairs. Odd pinnately-compound leaves up to 1-inch long, each with 3 to 7 spine-tipped linear-elliptic or linear-oblanceolate leaflets up to 2/3-inch long; surfaces flat or curled inward with appressed or dolobriform hairs. Inflorescence: Racemes 0.6 to 4 inches long (in fruit) with 3 to 15 pea-like flowers; calyx about 0.2 inches long; petals whitish sometimes slightly purplish and with purple veins; banner about 0.4-inch tall. Bloom Period: May to August. Fruit: Small oblanceolate pods, 0.6 to 1 inch long, covered with very short appressed hairs; sometimes purple-dotted. References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield and Worldwide Flora Online (2022): Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius (Rydb.) Cronquist. |
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Colorado Status: Native |
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