Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, from Yakima County south; central Washingtonto north-central Oregon near the Columbia River and lower Deschutes River.

Habitat: Sagebrush plains and foothills.

Flowers: May-June

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, butterflies

Grayish-puberulent perennial from a taproot, the several erect stems 2-6 dm tall.

Leaves alternate, pinnate, 4-10 cm long; leaflets 13-21, linear to narrowly oblong, 8-22 mm long and 1-2 mm wide; stipules lanceolate, 2-5 mm long.

Inflorescence of closely 10- to 50-flowered racemes, the peduncles up to 15 cm long, exceeding the leaves; flowers white to pale yellow, spreading or ascending, 15-18 mm long; calyx 7-9 mm long, puberulent, slightly gibbous at base, the 5 teeth 1-2 mm long; wings acute, 1-2 mm longer than the rounded keel; stamens 10.

Pod erect, glabrous, with a stipe half again as long as the calyx, the body leathery, 15 mm long and 4-5 mm wide, terete in cross section, 1-celled, acute at each end.