Astragalus desereticus, a perennial herb with a short stem growing from a woody taproot and caudex unit, has a raceme (an unbranched and indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers) of 5 to 10 flowers.
This is a perennial herb with a short stem growing from a woody taproot and caudex unit. The inflorescence is a raceme of 5 to 10 flowers. A raceme (/resim/ or /rsim/) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers (flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels) along its axis. 
