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Cima milk vetch

Legumes

usually strongly incurved, not or slightly inflated, 15–25 × 8–12 mm, fleshy becoming stiffly leathery or subligneous;

septum to 1.8 mm wide;

stipe 6–8 mm.

Astragalus cimae var. cimae

Phenology Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat Sage­brush communities.
Elevation 1400–1900(–2100) m. (4600–6200(–6900) ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Variety cimae is restricted to the New York Mountains and immediate vicinity in eastern San Bernardino County in California, and Mineral and Nye counties in Nevada.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Malaci > Astragalus cimae
Sibling taxa
A. cimae var. sufflatus
Name authority unknown
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