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Siskiyou milkvetch

Astragalus whitneyi var. siskiyouensis

Photo by craigstanton
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Field Notes

Description:

Plant has strange bulbous sacks. Tear drop in and shape and coloured pink and gold.

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Astragalus whitneyi, CalPhotos: Astragalus whitneyi var. siskiyouensis; Siskiyou Milkvetch

Species ID Suggestions

Siskiyou milkvetch

Astragalus whitneyi var. siskiyouensis

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KristalWatrous
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Comments (2)
craigstanton
There seem to be quite a lot of Astragalus subspecies out there and I can't tell for sure if this is var. whineyi or var. siskiyouenis, but given that it's very close to Siskiyou County I'm happy to go with that. Thats for the ID Kristal
Dan Doucette
Wow! This is amazing! Never seen anything like it. Great work on the ID too Kristal.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2011

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