Scandinavian Mountains over 2000 metres - James Baxter
Flora & Fauna › Purple Flowers & Plants › Alpine Milk-vetch
Astragalus alpinus, Alpine Milk-vetch, Setermjelt. Short.
Hairy perennial with slender stems on which are pinnate leaves with 7-12 pairs of elliptical leaflets. Flowers white with blue purple tint. Fruit is an oblong pod.
Common on drier mountain meadows.