Astragalus trichopodus var. antisellii

Antisell milkvetch, Antisell Milkvetch

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Antisell milkvetch is a California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi, southern San Joaquin Valley, southern Coast Ranges, northern coastal Southern California, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and western edge of the Mojave Desert in inland foothills and grassy or shrubby hillsides at elevations below 1,800 meters. Flowering from February to June, this plant produces small flowers in clusters ranging from 10 to 50 blooms, with banner petals 11.4 to 16.7 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems in open chaparral habitats, it forms low-spreading clumps characteristic of milkvetch species. Its leaves are compound with multiple small leaflets typical of the astragalus genus, adapting to dry, open landscapes. The plant develops distinctive elongated pods 15 to 36 millimeters long, slightly compressed and carried on glabrous stalks.

Habitat: Generally inland foothills, grassy or shrubby hillsides, washes, openings in chaparral

Bloom period: Feb-Jun

Elevation: < 1800 m

Bioregions: s SNH, Teh, s SnJV, s SCoR, n SCo (Santa Barbara, Ventura cos.), WTR, PR, w edge DMoj.

California counties: Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Riverside, Orange, Monterey

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.