NE of GLORIA survey site. Note; petals are pale yellow with keel tip trending pinkish. This agrees with Annie Alexander's note on collection sheet, which is imaged here on CalPhotos. TJM refers to the color as white or pale purple. IMF refers to the color as whitish and tinged distally with sordid lilac, drying ochroleucous (pale yellow).
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Summary[edit] Description: little bigpod, Astragalus platytropis, Schulman Grove, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, elevation 3100 m (10175 ft). One of my favorite species, for it's beautifully mottled fruits, often camouflaged, that could contain the entire volume of the rest of the plant when mature. Date: 14 August 2015, 11:24. Source: little bigpod, Astragalus platytropis. Author: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA. Camera location37° 22′ 48.47″ N, 118° 10′ 54.55″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.380130; -118.181820.
Description: Astragalus platytropis flowers early during the summer in the upper elevations of this region and producing pods that are much showier than the flowers by mid summer. Date: 24 June 2009, 09:38. Source: Astragalus platytropis Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location43° 38′ 29.02″ N, 113° 17′ 22.75″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 43.641394; -113.289653.
Description: Astragalus platytropis flowers early during the summer in the upper elevations of this region and producing pods that are much showier than the flowers by mid summer. Date: 24 June 2009, 09:52. Source: Astragalus platytropis Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location43° 38′ 29.02″ N, 113° 17′ 22.75″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 43.641394; -113.289653.
NE of GLORIA survey site. These immature fruits may inflate and become more strigose. Otherwise, these may not actually be fruits of A. platyropis. Fruit image taken from a different plant later in the day compared with prior images.