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Upside down weather patterns have confused some native plant species into thinking that perhaps spring is here. Astragalus utahensis (Torr.) Torr. & Gray. January 5, 2012, Salt Lake County foothills, Olympus Hills Park, approx. 4860 ft. elev. The plant with the reddish leaf to the right is naturalized Erodium cicutarium, probably non-native but has been in the area for probaby at least 200 years.
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Astragalus utahensis (Torr.) Torr. & Gray fruits.June 28, 2011, Salt Lake County, Olympus Hills Park, approx, 4,860 ft. elev.
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Astragalus utahensis (Torr.) Torr. & Gray. May 17, 2011, Salt Lake County, Olympus Hills Park, approx, 4,860 ft. elev. The leaves do not ordinarily exceed the height of the inflorescence in this species; the naked peduncles arise separately from near the base of the plant.
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Astragalus utahensis (Torr.) Torr. & Gray. April 30, 2008, near base of Red Butte Canyon, north of Red Butte Garden, above University of Utah campus, Salt Lake County foothills, Utah, approx. 5,050 ft. elev.
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On of the earlier native plant species to flower in the area is Utah milkvetch, Astragalus utahensis (Torr.) Torr. & Gray. Sometimes it is also referred to as Utah ladyslipper. As Dr. Stan Welsh has indicated, it would have been equally a good choice for Utah's state flower. Note some of last year's now mostly decayed hairy/woolly fruits at the far left.April 13, 2009, Salt Lake County foothills, Olympus Hills park, approx. 4860 ft. elev.The leaves do not ordinarily exceed the height of the inflorescence in this species (although in this picture they do, but that might be due how early in the year this was, and also the rock is helping to prop them up as well); the naked peduncles arise separately from near the base of the plant.
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Astragalus utahensis (Torr.) Torr. & Gray fruits.June 28, 2011, Salt Lake County, Olympus Hills Park, approx, 4,860 ft. elev.
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On of the earlier native plant species to flower in the area is Utah milkvetch, Astragalus utahensis (Torr.) Torr. & Gray. Sometimes it is also referred to as Utah ladyslipper. As Dr. Stan Welsh has indicated, it would have been equally a good choice for Utah's state flower.April 13, 2009, Salt Lake County foothills, Olympus Hills park, approx. 4860 ft. elev.The leaves do not ordinarily exceed the height of the inflorescence in this species (although in this picture they do, but that might be due how early in the year this was, and also the rock is helping to prop them up as well); the naked peduncles arise separately from near the base of the plant.
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Astragalus utahensis (Torr.) Torr. & Gray and Aristida purpurea Nutt. May 17, 2011, Salt Lake County, Olympus Hills Park, approx, 4,860 ft. elev.The leaves do not ordinarily exceed the height of the inflorescence in A. utahensis; the naked peduncles arise separately from near the base of the plant.
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