Key to Astragalus whitneyi
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1' Ovary, young fruit
glabrous 2. Herbage hairs
spreading 
Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.
to
ascending 
Curving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment.
;
leaf 
Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).
2–4 cm, ± without spaces between
leaflets ..... var. lenophyllus 2' Herbage hairs incurved-ascending to
appressed 
Parallel or nearly parallel to and often in contact with surface of origin; used to describe the disposition of hairs, leaves, pedicels, etc.
; leaf often > 4 cm, with spaces between leaflets
3' Fruit body 1.5–3 cm; herbage hairs incurved-ascending to appressed; CaRH, s SNF, SNH, n WTR, n SNE, W&I
..... var. whitneyi
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