Astragalus coccineus

Wojciechowski & Spellenberg 2014 (Jepson Online)

Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Forb/Herb General: Habit: Perennial herb, tufted, +- stemless; hairs dense, +- white. Leaves: Leaf: 3--10 cm; leaflets 7--15, 3--14 mm, +- oblanceolate, tips +- acute. Flowers: Inflorescence: flowers 3--10, ascending. Flower: calyx 18--24 mm; petals scarlet, banner 35--41 mm, recurved 20--30-, keel 35--40 mm. Fruits: Fruit: 25--40 mm, 10--12 mm wide, plump, +- narrowly ovate in side view, often curved, +- compressed top-to-bottom, hairs dense, shaggy, white or tawny, early fleshy, then leathery; chamber 1. Ecology: Ecology: Gravelly places, generally sagebrush scrub, pinyon woodland; Elevation: 650--2450 m. flowers March-June. Distribution: California: southern Nevada, western Arizona, northern Baja California Notes: Differs in fruit from Astragalus newberryi +- by its longer fruit, remnants of flower. Look for scarlet flowers and hairy pods. Synonyms: None Editor: pasted from Jepson, no editing