Texas Wildbuds

Astragalus distortus var. engelmannii

(Arkansas Milkvetch)

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Astragalus distortus var. engelmannii, Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0622

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Astragalus distortus var. engelmannii, Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0623

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Astragalus distortus var. engelmannii,  Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0625

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Astragalus distortus var. engelmannii, Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0629

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Astragalus distortus var. engelmannii,  Caddo Lake State Park, Harrison Co. 0634

Scientific Name Astragalus distortus var. engelmannii USDA PLANTS Symbol ASDIE
Common Name Arkansas Milkvetch ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 192467
Family Fabaceae (Pea) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Limestone, shaley, or clay soils in open areas in prairies, pine or oak woodlands and roadsides.
Plant: Low-growing, perennial with spreading and ascending stems 4 to 12 inches long.
Leaves: Odd-pinnately-compound leaves 1-1/2 to 4 inches long with 13 to 25 leaflets that have oval, obovate, elliptic-oblanceolate, or suborbiculate blades 3 to 11 mm long; tips are round, truncate, or retuse; surfaces are smooth above, sparsely hairy below.
Inflorescence: Short raceme with about 10–21 small pea-like blossoms, less than 1/2-inch long; corolla is pink-purple, purplish, or whitish; banner is recurved and has a white area in the center with purple streaks; keel tip is lavender; calyx has stiff, short hairs and is less than 1/4-inch long with triangular, pointed lobes.
Bloom Period: February to May.
Fruit: Pods, usually ascending, green becoming brown or black; curved, 2/5 to 1 inch long.
References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Flora of North America, SEINet and Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses. 		BONAP Distribution Map

Map Color Key		 Texas Status:
Native
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