Species: Astragalus geyeri
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Geyer's Milkvetch is a small annual herb with simple or branched stems arising 5-20 cm high from a slender taproot. The pinnately compound leaves are 2-10 cm long with 5-13 linear to narrowly elliptic leaflets. Foliage is sparsely hairy. Ascending flower stalks arise from the leaf axils and are 6-25 mm long with 2-8 flowers. Each nodding pea-like flower is 3-15 mm long with a somewhat recurved upper petal that is 5-8 mm long, and a calyx that is 2-4 mm long and sparsely covered with light-colored hairs. Greenish, bladdery, pendant fruits are 15-24 mm long and shaped like a half moon.
Classification
Dicotyledoneae
Fabales
Fabaceae
Astragalus
NatureServe
Classification
Ecology and Life History
Geyer's Milkvetch is a small annual herb with simple or branched stems arising 5-20 cm high from a slender taproot. The pinnately compound leaves are 2-10 cm long with 5-13 linear to narrowly elliptic leaflets. Foliage is sparsely hairy. Ascending flower stalks arise from the leaf axils and are 6-25 mm long with 2-8 flowers. Each nodding pea-like flower is 3-15 mm long with a somewhat recurved upper petal that is 5-8 mm long, and a calyx that is 2-4 mm long and sparsely covered with light-colored hairs. Greenish, bladdery, pendant fruits are 15-24 mm long and shaped like a half moon.