TIMBER MILK-VETCH

Class: Astragalus miser

Family: PEA FAMILY

Sub Family: Fabaceae, Leguminosae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: Pale blue-purple

Height: 10-50 cm (4-20")

Each Flower: 9 mm-1.3 cm (3/8-1/2") long, tubular, opening into a standard, backward-curved at sides, 2 wings slightly longer than keel and enclosing it from sides; 5-toothed slightly hairy calyx; flower-stems up to 3 mm (1/8") long

Leaves: Long, thin stalks from base with 4-8 pairs of opposite 7 mm-2.5 cm (1/4-1") long, narrow leaflets and 1 terminal leaflet; stalks have stipules at base

Stems: Flower-stems long, thin, wiry

Blooming Period: May - July

Habitat: Open, grassy areas from foothills to high altitudes

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