Astragalus bodinii Sheld.
 
FamilyLeguminosae — APG family: Fabaceae
SynonymsPhaca yukonis (M. E. Jones) Rydb., Homalobus retusus Rydb., Astragalus stragulus Fern., Astragalus yukonis M. E. Jones
DescriptionLoosely matted; stems slender, filiform, prostrate, from woody taproot; stipules deltoid to ovate, clasping; leaflets 7-17, oblong to oblanceolate or ovate, retuse or emarginate, subcinereous when young; racemes loose, 3—15-flowered; calyx strigil- lose, with white or black hairs and subulate teeth; petals pink to purplish, banner notched; pod sessile, erect, ovate to ellipsoid, up to 10 mm long, not conspicuously inflated, black or white-pubescent.
EcologySandy soil, river bars.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.