Pronunciation: as-TRAG-a-lus gam-bel-ee-AY-nus
Common name: Gambel's dwarf milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Grassy places to 3000', southern oak
woodland, coastal sage scrub
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Astragalus
2) gambelianus