Hamosa bernardina

Hamosa bernardina (M. E. Jones) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 54: 19. 1927.
Astragalus bernardinus M. E. Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. II, 5: 661. 1895.
A perennial, with a deep root and short caudex; stems several from the base, about 2 dm. high, ascending, slender, strigose, terete; leaves spreading, arcuate, 5-8 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long; leaflets 9-15, oblong, 8-12 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, mostly rounded at the apex, strigose-canescent on both sides; peduncles 2.5-6 cm. long; racemes 4—6 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, 1 mm. long; calyx more or less black-hairy, the tube about 3 mm. long, the teeth about 2 mm. long, subulate; corolla purple-tinged, 7-S mm. long; banner obovate, slightly notched, strongly arched; wings shorter, the blade oblong, rather strongly falcate, with a reflexed auricle; keel-petals nearly as long, the blade broadly lunate, acute, purpletipped; pod 2.5-3 cm. long, 3-3.5 mm. wide and 2 mm. thick, glabrous, slightly arcuate or nearly straight, except at the base, triangular-cordate in cross-section.
Type locality: Moronyo King Mine, east side of Bernardino Mountains, California. Distribution: San Bernardino and Charleston mountains, southern California.