Astragalus purshii is a species of milkvetch known by the common names woollypod milkvetch and Pursh’s milkvetch. It is native to much of western North America, including the southwestern provinces of Canada and the northwestern United States, where it is known from many types of habitat. This is a small perennial herb forming clumps on the ground no taller than 14 centimeters. The leaves are up to 15 centimeters long and are made up of many oval or rounded leaflets. Stems and leaflets are coated in woolly white hairs. The flower cluster is a cluster of 1 to 11 pink, purple, or white flowers each between 1 and 3 centimeters long. The fruit is a legume pod up to 3 centimeters long which is coated densely in thick white hairs.
Astragalus purshii
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