Astragalus cicer L.

• 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 cicer L.

• Description

  Species Description - Diffuse, leafy perennial with prostrate or weakly ascending stems 2.5–7 dm; stipules of middle and upper lvs connate below or not, lanceolate, narrowly pointed, usually deflexed; lfls 17–29(–31), lance-elliptic or oblong, 0.5–3.5 cm, pubescent at least beneath; peduncles 4–11 cm, shorter than the subtending lf; cor ochroleucous, 12–16 mm; fr ascending or spreading, bilocular, hairy, subsessile, firm-walled, broadly ovoid or subglobose, 6–14 × 5–8(–10) mm. Native of Europe, casually intr. in disturbed moist places in w. U.S., and rarely established with us, as in Ingham Co., Mich.

• Common Names

  chick-pea milk-vetch