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My newest addition to the Alaska Wildflower Guide: Nutzotin milkvetch (Astragalus nutzotinensis). ID, etymology, distribution, and habitat information all here: lwpetersen.com/alaska-wildflow…

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Close-up of Nutzotin milkvetch (Astragalus nutzotinensis) growing low among angular grey rocks on a gravel bar. Several small, pea-like flowers in pale pink to soft purple are visible along prostrate reddish stems, with small grey-green compound leaves tucked between the stones. Some flowers are fully open while others remain in bud. The rocky substrate and sprawling growth habit of this mat-forming perennial are clearly visible.
Nutzotin milkvetch (Astragalus nutzotinensis) sprawling across a rocky gravel substrate, with multiple clusters of pale pink to soft lavender pea-like flowers visible at various distances. The foreground shows a single small raceme of two to three flowers resting against a grey rock, while additional flowering stems spread across the mid and background. The small, grey-green pinnately compound leaves of the plant are visible between the rocks, illustrating the mat-forming growth habit of this species in its natural gravelly habitat.

Astragalus nutzotinensisNutzotin milkvetch - Lee Petersen

Nutzotin milkvetch (Astragalus nutzotinensis) is a mat-forming perennial of gravelly ridges, braided stream bars, and glacier margins in eastern Alaska and northwestern Canada.
Lee Petersen
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