Utah Milkvetch
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Astragalus utahensis

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Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah - April 08 2007
flower


Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah - April 08 2007
milkvetch leaves


Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah - June 05,  2007
   milkvetch


Farmington Canyon, Davis County, Utah- 30 July 2013
astragalus


Farmington Canyon, Davis County, Utah - 30 July 2013
astragalus


Utahensis at Blue Canyon, Tooele County, Utah -21 March 2014
blue canyon


Utahensis at Blue Canyon, Tooele County, Utah -21 March 2014
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Utahensis at Blue Canyon, Tooele County, Utah - 21 March 2014

No Flash, 1/200, aperature 7.1, ISO 400
flower

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis

Flower and leaf photos taken at Goshen Canyon,  Utah County, Utah April 08, 2007 -  elevation  4760 feet
39° 53' 58" N, 111°53' 21" W

Plant with white, woolly seed pods, legumes, photo was taken June 05, 2007 at Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah.

Plant located at Farmington Canyon, Davis County, Utah- 30 July 2013

Plant located at entrance to Blue Canyon, Tooele County, Utah-  N. 40.34361, W. -112.60306, elevation 5830 feet,  21 March 2014 - (last photo- no flash, 1/200, aperature 7.1, ISO 400)

Plant not yet flowering was  located near first BLM Parking lot at Stansbury Island, Davis County, Utah, March 5, 2014

Plant not yet flowering was located near parking lot of trail to Rock Canyon, Utah County, Utah 23 March 2014

A field of flowering Astragalus utahensis was located at Highland Drive and Bangerter Highway, 27 April 2014

Characteristics
Perennial, native, blooms April., pubescence covers top and bottom of the compound, pinnate leaves.  Seed pods  are covered in white woolly hairs.

Other Locations
"Utah Valley University Herbarium"
http://herbarium.uvu.edu/virtual/

1.  Utah Highway 89 ca 1 mile North of Birdseye, East side of Highway, across from white church.  Elevation 5345 ft, in volcanic ash derived soil, erosional surface.

2.  Provo, Rock Canyon. 40° 16'56" N. 111°38' 7" W.

3.  Provo, Rock Canyon Park, steep gravel covered slope, first bench in mountain gambel oak vegetation, 
40° 16' 4" N.  111°33'34"

4.  Mouth of Provo Canyon across from Power Plant

5.  Rocky hillside at Mantua Reservoir 5900 ft. Box Elder County, Utah

6.  Bountiful Canyon, Davis County, Utah 40° 53' 25" N, 111° 42' 39" W

7.  South side of the road that heads up to Rock Canyon, 1 mile before entering canyon.  40° 11' 43" N, 111° 35' 50"W

8.  2 miles east of  Meadow,  Millard County, Utah 38° 53' 7" N,  112° 24' 13" W

9.  Squaw Peak overlook, Utah County, Utah

10.  West Mountain, elevation 4822 ft.  40° 1'  57" N,  111° 48' 25"

11.  Highway 12 and Mt. Nebo Scenic Loop, rocky, sunny hillside

12.  Payson Canyon, Maple Lake turnoff,  39° 55' 52" N, 111°42'1" W

13.  Battlecreek Canyon, Utah County, Utah 40° 22' 9" N, 111° 42' 39" W

14.  Head of the Middle Desert, Wayne County, Utah 38° 21' 41" N, 111° 2' '7" W

15.  Painter Spring, elevation 5366 ft., 39° 11' 12.73" N,  39° 26' 45.34" W

16.  Stansbury Island, West slopes, Tooele County, Utah


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