Astragalus layneae

Astragalus layneae, also known as the widow's milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae family. It is native to the Mojave Desert and surrounding areas in California and Nevada.

Description
It is a small perennial herb growing from a rhizome and producing erect stems up to 16 cm tall. The leaves are made up of several oval to rounded leaflets, and are coated with gray-green hairs.

Its inflorescence is covered in several dark-colored hairs and can bear up to 45 flowers. Each flower is 1-2 cm long, with white-tipped petals and streaked in a bright-purple. The fruit is a legume pod that reaches up to 6$1/2$ centimeters long. It is curved in appearance, and leathery and hairy in texture.