Species Detail Forb

Flowers		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Astragalus lentiginosus - freckled milkvetch Other Common Names: Douglas freckled milkvetch, spotted locoweed Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Fabaceae
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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Annual or perennial
General Desc: This plant can be annual, biennual, or perennial. It is one of the most variable plants with differing heights, flowers, and pods. There are 38 varieties of this plant.
Identification notes: Corolla purple or whitish. Pods more or less completely 2-celled, spreading or ascending, sessile or nearly so (attached directly without a supporting stalk). Stipules distinct or nearly so. Plants highly variable in ecology, stature and habit.
Height: 4 to 16 inches

Habitat

Habitat Description: From deserts and salt-flats to open slopes in the high mountains.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: Below 11000 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: Purple and/or white Shape: Other in elongated clusters Tubular: Y Flowering Period: Apr - Jul
Description: Keel shaped petals can be either white, purple or a combination. Flower clusters are attached by short stalks at equal distances along a central stem.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green Leaf Type: Compound Leaf Shape: Round or oval Leaf Margin: Smooth Leaf Attachment: Alternate Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves Spines: N
Leaf Description: Stems can be prostrate or erect.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Greenish or light brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Two chambered pod is long and leathery with a prominent beak and a groove on one side. The reddish freckles that appear on the pod are the source of the common name.


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