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Astragalus Sinuatus
''Astragalus sinuatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae, legume family known by the common name Whited's milkvetch. It is Endemism, endemic to Washington (state), Washington in the United States, where it is limited to one creek drainage on the western edge of the Columbia River Drainage Basin, Columbia Basin. Its range measures about ten square miles in Chelan County, Washington, Chelan and Kittitas County, Washington, Kittitas Counties in the central part of the state.''Astragalus sinuatus''. The Nature Conservancy. This perennial herb has stems up to about 45 centimeters long. In April and May it produces yellowish or cream-colored flowers with purple-tinged keels. The fruit is a legume pod which is so tough it sometimes requires pliers to crack it open. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Piper
Charles Vancouver Piper (16 June 1867 – 11 February 1926) was an American botanist and agriculturalist. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, he spent his youth in Seattle, Washington Territory and graduated from the University of Washington Territory in 1885. He taught botany and zoology in 1892 at the Washington Agricultural College (now Washington State University) in Pullman, Washington, Pullman. He earned a master's degree in botany in 1900 from Harvard University. Piper compiled the first authoritative guides to flora in the northwestern United States. With his collaborator, R. Kent Beattie, he surveyed the Palouse area of southeastern Washington, and expanded the study to the entire state in 1906. That year, The Smithsonian Institution published his catalo''Flora of the State of Washington'' He also publishe''Flora of Southeast Washington and Adjacent Idaho''(1914) an''Flora of the Northwest Coast''(1915). These works established him as an authority on the plants of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |