Astragalus newberryi

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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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Lori S. (not verified)

Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:23pm

Wow, a beauty indeed!  What is the adjacent plant to the left in the first photo?

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Lori S. (not verified)

Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:17am

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?

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Trond Hoy

Sun, 11/20/2011 - 11:22am
Lori wrote:

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 ;)