Astragalus whitneyi Gray var. sonneanus (Greene) Jeps.

Washington: Columbia County: Blue Mountain: Sawtooth Ridge Trail, west side of Sawtooth Ridge above North Fork Wenaha River Valley, ca 1.5 miles S of FS Rd 46, ca 3 miles N of Oregon state line. Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness Area. Elev. 1817 m.
46° 2' 26.9" N, 117° 50' 24.9" W; T7N R40E S32 SW4 SW4 NW4
Coordinate Source: Specimen Label.
Top of knoll and west-southwest facing slopes of ridge on volcanic bedrock and rock rubble. Cushion plant-bunchgrass community on windward side or ridge (taller and denser meadow community on leeward side). Rock cover 60-75%, veg cover 30-40%, bare soil <10%. Cushion plant community dominated by Draba densifolia, Phlox solivaga, Astragalus whitneyi, Eremogone congesta, Sedum stenopetalum, and Poa secunda. Scattered. Pods inflated and with red speckles. With Phlox multiflora, Monardella odoratissima, Phoenicaulis cjeoramtjpodes

Walter Fertig 33022, Jul 14, 2018
WTU, Accession: 423363, Barcode: WTU-V-061967