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Siskiyou milkvetch

Astragalus whitneyi var. siskiyouensis

Description:

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

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


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2 Comments

craigstanton
craigstanton 12 years ago

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
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Wow! This is amazing! Never seen anything like it. Great work on the ID too Kristal.

craigstanton
Spotted by
craigstanton

California

Spotted on Oct 22, 2011
Submitted on Oct 22, 2011

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