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Astragalus harbisonii
Astragalus harbisonii is a species of short-lived perennial plant in the family Fabaceae commonly known as the Punta Baja milkvetch. It is endemic to the Punta Baja peninsula in the Mexican state of Baja California and the immediate surrounding coastline. It is named after Charles F. Harbison, curator of entomology at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1942 to 1969. This species is characterized by connate stipules and sessile bladdery pods, traits that it shares with Astragalus anemophilus, but the two species can be distinguished by their indumentum and distinct flowers.
Astragalus harbisonii is found in coastal fog desert on the northern central Baja California coast, occupying the coastal deserts immediately following the transition zone between California coastal sage scrub to the north and the drier Baja California desert. It was described from Punta Baja, a small cape south of El Rosario, but records exist as far north as at least the mouth of the Arroyo el Rosario.
Astragalus aboriginum · Rogue River milkvetch · Sharp-leaved Milk Vetch · Sharpkeel milkvetch · Humboldt County milkvetch · Purple milkvetch · Cushenbury milkvetch · Astragalus alopecurus · Alpine milkvetch · Crescent milkvetch · Hermit Milkvetch · Anderson's milkvetch
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astragalus harbisonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
