Astragalus adsurgens Pall.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Astragalus adsurgens Pall.

  • Description

    Species Description - Much like no 15 [Astragalus agrestis Douglas], but with pick-shaped (malpighian) hairs, sometimes more densely pubescent, and with the stems arising from a surficial crown or caudex surmounting the taproot; stipules soon becoming pale and scarious; fls purple to ochroleucous, 12–20 mm; fr densely strigulose; 2n=32. Prairies, plains, and foothills, often in rocky or gravelly places; Minn., w. Ont., and n. Io. to N.M., Oreg., and Alas., and widespread in Asia. June. Ours is var. robustior Hook. (A. chandonnettii; A. striatus)

  • Common Names

    standing milk-vetch