Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Astragalus pomonensis is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Pomona milkvetch. It is native to Baja California and southern California, where it can be found in a number of coastal habitats, including the California Coast Ranges. This is a bushy perennial herb forming a clump of thick, hollow stems up to about 80 centimeters tall. Leaves are up to 20 centimeters long and are made up of many oval-shaped leaflets each up to 3 centimeters in length. The flower cluster is a large array of up to 45 cream-colored flowers. Each flower is between one and two centimeters long. The fruit is a bladdery legume pod which dries to a thin, almost transparent papery texture. It may exceed 4 centimeters in length and generally drops off the plant when dry.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

10 - 31 in Tall

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Color

Cream

Flowering season

Spring

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Site type

Shrubby, grassy, or weedy places

Plant communities

Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Weed (disturbed places)

Bats
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 21 likely

Confirmed Likely

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Alfalfa Looper Moth

Autographa californica

Orange Sulphur

Colias eurytheme