Astragalus filipes
Fabaceae
Thread-Leaved Locoweed
Clump. Stems slender. Leaves 1–5 in. long, scale-like appendage at base fused around stem into papery sheath; leaflets 5–23, to 1 in. long, well separated, narrow to thread-like, with rounded to notched tip. Flower stalks above leaves. Flowers 4–30, well spaced on stalk, lax to reflexed; petals open dull white, fade to pale yellow. Pods pendulous, about 1 in. long, straight, flat. Grows in dry open areas in sagebrush or pine, mostly in western part of steppe at mid elevations.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Late Spring
- Flower Form: Pea flowers, compound leaves
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 12–40 inches
- Habitat: East-side Forest, Shrub-Steppe
- Found In: Steens, Wallowas
- Native: Yes
- Also Known As: Slimpod Milkvetch
