Astragalus lentiginosus
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| Astragalus lentiginosus Dougl. ex Hook. |
Astragalus lentiginosus is a species of legume known by the common name freckled milkvetch. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Texas and northern Mexico, where it grows in many habitat types. There are a great number of wild varieties of this species, and they vary in appearance. The flower and the fruit of a given individual are generally needed to identify it down to the variety. This is usually a perennial herb with leaves up to 15 centimeters long divided into many pairs of small leaflets. The inflorescence holds up to 50 pealike flowers which may be purplish or whitish or a mix of both. The fruit is an inflated, beaked pod with a groove along the side. It dries to a papery texture and releases the seeds when it is broken.
