Astragalus australis var. muriei |
Astragalus australis var. lepagei |
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Yukon milkvetch |
Lepage's milkvetch |
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Stems | ascending, 7–35 cm. |
sprawling to ascending, (8–)24–40 cm. |
Leaves | (2–)3–6.5 cm; mostly petiolate, sometimes sessile distally; leaflets (7 or)9–15, blades linear to narrowly elliptic, 6–15 mm, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous, strigulose-pilosulous, or villous. |
3–9 cm; sessile or petiolate; leaflets (5–)9–15, blades elliptic to lanceolate, lanceolate-oblong, linear-lanceolate, or linear, 6–33 mm, apex acute to apiculate, surfaces glabrous, strigulose, pilosulous, or villous. |
Racemes | densely to somewhat loosely (6–)8–21-flowered; axis 1.5–9.5 cm in fruit. |
densely to loosely 8–29(–32)-flowered; axis 3–14 cm in fruit. |
Peduncles | 2.5–11 cm. |
(4–)4.5–10 cm. |
Flowers | 8.5–9.5 mm; calyx 4.2–5.5 mm, tube 2.4–2.7 mm, lobes 1.1–2.5 mm; corolla whitish to purplish. |
(10.5–)11.5–13.8(–14.5) mm; calyx (4.7–)4.8–6.5 mm, tube 2.8–5 mm, lobes (1–)1.4–2.4 mm. |
Corollas | whitish to purplish. |
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Legumes | obliquely ellipsoid to narrowly oblong, 11–24 × 4–7 mm, glabrous or sometimes strigose; stipe 4–6 mm. |
obliquely ellipsoid to narrowly oblong, (10–)15–30 × (3–)6–8.5 mm, glabrous; stipe (3–)5–7 mm. |
Astragalus australis var. muriei |
Astragalus australis var. lepagei |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Mountain slopes, ridge crests, stream valleys, gravel bars, often with Artemisia. | Spits, gravel bars, slopes, ridge crests, in mixed tundra. |
Elevation | 600–1200 m. (2000–3900 ft.) | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) |
Distribution |
YT |
AK; YT |
Discussion | Absence of consistent diagnostic criteria appears to prohibit the complete distinction of var. muriei from var. australis of the southern Europe type locality for the species. Petiolate specimens occur throughout the range of var. muriei, with distal leaves less often sessile. The type of this variety has strigulose fruits, which are unusual in plants from the arctic but not of diagnostic value within the group. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | A. aboriginorum var. muriei, A. linearis | A. lepagei |
Name authority | (Hultén) S. L. Welsh: Great Basin Naturalist 58: 47. (1998) | (Hultén) S. L. Welsh: Great Basin Naturalist 58: 47. (1998) |
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