I grow a variety of Astragalus newberryi. There are five varieties in this group aquarii, blyae, castoreus, escalantinus, and newberryi. I grow variety castoreus the most widespread.
http://science.halleyhosting.com/nature/basin/5petal/pea/astragalus/newb...
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=9713
http://www.agc-bc.ca/gallery/index.asp?astragalus-newberryi-castoreus-1.jpg
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Re: Astragalus newberryi
Wow, a beauty indeed! What is the adjacent plant to the left in the first photo?
Re: Astragalus newberryi
Lori the plant it is intertwined with is Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae. These are growing at the Steamboat hot springs south of Reno.
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=475.0
Re: Astragalus newberryi
Hmm, I'm starting to realize that the white flash on the banner petal of Astragalus (though it seems to be of varying size and prominence between individual flowers and species) must be almost ubiquitous in the genus?
Re: Astragalus newberryi
Hmm, I'm starting to realize that the white flash on the banner petal of Astragalus (though it seems to be of varying size and prominence between individual flowers and species) must be almost ubiquitous in the genus?
Not quite, Lori, we have some species in Norway without that white flash. This one among others (sorry, have no digital picture myself):
http://midtnorsknatur.no/nb-NO/Dovrefjell/Oppdag/Flora/Folldal.aspx
Others have more white, as this A. alpinus:
But not one of the familiar Astragaluses (or Astraguli??) is as showy as A. newberry ;)
An absolutely stunning locoweed, thanks for sharing.