Laurent's Milkvetch

Homalobus laurentii Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 51: 15. 1924
A perennial, with a cespitose caudex; stems 3-4 dm. high, striate, short-pubescent with incurved hairs; leaves 3-7 cm. long; stipules triangular, 3-5 mm. long; leaflets 7-17, oblong, 8-13 mm. long, short-villous on both sides; racemes 1-2 dm. long; bracts lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long ; calyx short-villous, the tube 8 mm. long, gibbous on the upper side, the two upper teeth triangular, the three lower lanceolate, 2 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous; pod villous, stipitate, the stipe 5-7 mm. long, the body slightly curved, 10-15 mm. long, 4 mm. wide; seeds obliquely reniform, 3-mm. long, 2 mm. wide.
Type locality: East of Heffner, Oregon. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.