Astragalus nevinii
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Astragalus nevinii is a rare species of milkvetch
known by the common name San Clemente Island milkvetch. It is endemic to San Clemente Island
, one of the Channel Islands of California
. This is perennial herb growing upright 10 to 30 centimeters tall. It is coated in woolly, tangled hairs. Its leaves are up to 8 centimeters long and are made up of many oblong leaflets. The inflorescence
is a dense cluster of up to 30 cream-colored flowers, each around a centimeter in length. The fruit is a hanging legume pod up to 2 centimeters long which is papery in texture and mostly hairless.
Astragalus
Astragalus is a large genus of about 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
known by the common name San Clemente Island milkvetch. It is endemic to San Clemente Island
San Clemente Island
San Clemente Island is the southernmost of the Channel Islands of California. It is owned and operated by the United States Navy, and is a part of Los Angeles County. Defined by the United States Census Bureau as Block Group 2 of Census Tract 5991 of Los Angeles County, California, it is long and...
, one of the Channel Islands of California
Channel Islands of California
The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America...
. This is perennial herb growing upright 10 to 30 centimeters tall. It is coated in woolly, tangled hairs. Its leaves are up to 8 centimeters long and are made up of many oblong leaflets. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a dense cluster of up to 30 cream-colored flowers, each around a centimeter in length. The fruit is a hanging legume pod up to 2 centimeters long which is papery in texture and mostly hairless.