''Astragalus flavus'' (yellow milkvetch) is a
perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
in the legume family (
) found in the
Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.
[Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ]
Growth pattern
It is an erect or curving perennial from tall.
[ The plant is covered with star-shaped hairs.][
Patches of the plants in bloom may cover large areas of the ground in yellow from the flowers.]
Stems and leaves
leaves are compound pinnate, with linear to egg shaped leaflets.[
]
Inflorescence and fruit
The inflorescence is born on a stalk with 6-30 flowers having a hairy calyx
Calyx or calyce (plural "calyces"), from the Latin ''calix'' which itself comes from the Ancient Greek ''κάλυξ'' (''kálux'') meaning "husk" or "pod", may refer to:
Biology
* Calyx (anatomy), collective name for several cup-like structures ...
tube and yellow bell-shaped corolla long.[ "Flavus" means "yellow", even though most of its flowers are white.]
Habitat and range
It grows in saline soil ( halophyte) in salt desert shrub between about in elevation.[
]
References
flavus
Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region
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