Pods bladdery inflated. ellipsoid, 12 - 18 mm long. J mottled. spreading-hairy. bilocular Flowers 10 - 12 mm long, f Leaflets 5 - 13, pink purple or whitish 137 ran long suffused with purple. pilosulous keel tip long-attenuated p Perennial 1.5 - 6 om tall, only stem tips produced above the sand ASTRAGALUS STRIATIFLORUS Scientific name: Astragalus striatiflorus Jones (common name) Escarpment milkvetch Family: Fabaceae (common name) Pea family Synonyms: None Global Distribution: Endemic to the Colorado Plateau, in Kane and eastern Washington Counties, Utah, and Coconino County, Arizona Land Ownership: BLM - Grand Staircase Escalante NM and Kanab Field Office, State - Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, and private Habitat: Interdune valleys, sandy depressions on ledges, and bars and terraces in stream channels, in pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine, and sandy desert shrub communities, from 4,900 to 6,600 feet elevation, May - june Comments: Resembles A. perianus, but has longer flowers (10 - 12 mm long vs. 8 - 9 mm) and a more strongly veined banner. Other diagnostic features of A. striatiflorus include the attenuated keel-tip, protruding stigma, and inflated, bilocular pods.Astragalus striatiflorus a Inset (W. Fertig) Species Distribution