Pods inflated, ovoid, 17 - 30 mm long, hirsute with lustrous long hairs, valves red purple to straw-colored Flowers 20 - 28 mm long, ochroleucous or greenish white, often tinged ey) purplish, the keeltip “2 purple Leaves 2-8 cm long, leaflets 3 - 5, 5-20 mm wide WS Acaulescent perennial 5 3-6.em tall, the caudex» WJ branches covered with y persistent leaf bases ASTRAGALUS LOANUS Scientific name: Astragalus loanus Barneby (common name) Loa milkvetch Family: Fabaceae (common name) Pea family Synonyms: A. newberryi var. wardianus Barneby Global Distribution: Endemic to central Sevier County, Utah Land Ownership: FS - Fishlake NF, BLM - Richfield Field Office, State Lands, and private Habitat: Sagebrush and pinyon-juniper communities on igneous gravels at 6,300 to 6,800 feet elevation, May - early June. Comments: A. welshii is similar but grows at higher elevations, and has longer leaves and more numerous (5 - Il vs. 3 - 5), narrower leaflets.Astragalus loanus Closeup (A. Frates) tH Species Vistribution