Astragalus mollissimus

Astragalus mollissimus is a perennial plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.

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Growth pattern It is hairy a perennial plant growing from 2 to 34 inches (5.1 to 86.4 cm) tall, from a very short stem. Leaves and stems It has hairy stems and leaves. "Mollissumus" means "most soft", referring to the hairy covering of the leaves and stems. Pinnate leaves are from 3⁄4 to 11 inches (1.9 to 27.9 cm) long, with 15–35 elliptical to oval wooly leaflets. Inflorescence and fruit It blooms from March to August. The inflorescence are from 3⁄4 to 10 inches (1.9 to 25.4 cm) stalks with 7–20 flowers per stalk. Each pink to purple or bicolored with white flower has a 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 inch (0.64 to 1.27 cm) hairy calyx with 5 pointed teeth, around a 3⁄4 inch (1.9 cm) corolla with upper petal flares at the end. The inflated seed pods are 1⁄3 to 1 inch (0.85 to 2.54 cm), egg shaped and hairless to densely hairy.

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