Species Information
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species: oocalycis
Arborales Milkvetch - Astragalus oocalycis
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
372053
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Perennial; stems erect or ascending, 20-40 cm long; herbage green to gray-green; leaves pinnately compound, 5-15 cm long; leaflets 19-27, 2-4 cm long, nearly glabrous above; flowers ochroleucus (yellow-white), in dense 35-60-flowered racemes; calyx densely hirsute with straight or spreading hairs, with age becoming papery and inflated, ovoid or subglobose, up to 14 mm long, 11 mm wide, contracted at the mouth; pods 6-7 mm long, declined, glabrous, grooved on lower side, becoming leathery as they mature. Flowers May to July.
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 20
Number of Mapped Locations: 33
Number of Observations: 50
Observation date range: 06-21-1939 to 06-03-2011
External Links
View More Information about this species at:
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)