Astragalus umbraticus

Bald mountain milkvetch, Bald Mountain Milkvetch

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.2

Bald mountain milkvetch is a rare (CNPS 2B.2) California native perennial found in western Klamath Ranges and northern coastal redwood forests of Humboldt County in dry, open woodland at elevations of 200 to 1,250 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces green-white flowers with a banner 10 to 14 millimeters long, recurved at 40 to 60 degrees. Growing with several diffuse or ascending stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall, it forms an open, widely branched structure. Its leaves extend 4 to 12 centimeters and feature 11 to 23 widely oblong leaflets 4 to 20 millimeters long with distinctively notched tips. The fruit is a lance-linear pod 14 to 24 millimeters long, turning black and incurved in a quarter to half circle.

Habitat: Dry, open woodland

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 200-1250 m

Bioregions: w KR, n NCoRO (Humboldt Co.)

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