Astragalus whitneyi A. Gray var. confusus Barneby ?
Annotated by Mark Pollock. Sources: FPNW,IMF.

Idaho: Blaine County: From Bellevue, up muldoon Rd, R on Sharps Canyon Road, 3.4 miles to large pullout at switchback. Walk north along open ridgetop. Elev. 6989 ft.
43.44582° N, 114.11469° W
Datum: WGS 84. Uncertainty: 10 meters. Coordinate Source: GPS.
Rocky ridge top with Poa secunda, Stenotus acaulis, Artemisia arbuscula, Castilleja pallescens, Crepis modocensis. Fairly numerous along unburned portion of this ridgetop. Stems more or less erect.Pods and ovaries are glabrous (var whitneyi?). Note the pods are glabrous even when young (as are the ovaries). Based on F PNW, IMF, and photographs online this apparently is not typical for var confusus (nor for var sonneanus, the other variety noted to occur in ID). Based on IMF this would therefore key out as var whitneyi, which purportedly occurs only in CA and NV. Phenology: Flowers & Fruits.

Mark Pollock 36, Jun 21, 2020
SRP, Accession: 72819