Phaca vestita

Phaca vestita Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 13. 1844
Astragalus vestitus S. Wats. Bibl. Ind. 202. 1S78. Not A. vestitus Boiss. 1842. Astragalus anemophilus Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 186. 1886. Tragacantha vestita Kuntze. Rev. Gen. 949. 1891. Astragalus Crotalariae anemophilus M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 10: 59. 1909.
Perennial; stems decumbent, 3-5 dm. long, white-villous with short hairs, branched; leaves 5-10 cm. long, spreading; stipules broadly deltoid, 3-5 mm. long; leaflets 19-25 (25-39 according to Bentham), obovate to oblong, 6-15 mm. long, densely white-villous, at least when young; peduncles 7-10 cm. long; racemes short and dense; bracts subulate, 2-3 mm. long; calyxtube about 5 mm. long, villous, the lobes deltoid, 1 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous or greenishyellow, 10-12 mm. long; banner obovate, gradually tapering below; wings somewhat shorter, the blade lunate, obtuse, with a reflexed basal auricle; keel-petals similar, but broader; pod sessile, ovoid, villous-pubescent, 3.5-4 cm. long, 1.5 cm. broad.
Type locality: Bay of Magdalena.
Distribution: Lower California; apparently also San Miguel Island, California.