Flora of North America species comparison

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Astragalus flexuosus var. diehlii
Photo is of parent taxon

diehl's milkvetch
Herbage

greenish cinereous.
Stems

usually obviously flexuous, 15–30(–40) cm.
Leaflets

(7–)11–17, blades mostly linear or narrowly oblong-oblanceolate.
Racemes

12–26-flowered;

axis 2.5–9.5 cm in fruit.
Peduncles

2.5–7 cm.
Flowers

7–9 mm;

calyx 3.3–4.1 mm, tube 1.9–2.3 mm, lobes 0.7–1.1(–1.4) mm;

corolla banner abruptly recurved through 90°;

keel very strongly incurved through 120°, semiorbiculate, 5–5.5 mm.
Legumes

oblong-ellipsoid, turgid or inflated, 11–15(–20) × 3–4(–4.5) mm, strigulose;

sessile.
Seeds

12–18.

Astragalus flexuosus var. diehlii
Phenology Flowering late Apr–Jun.
Habitat Salt desert shrub and pinyon-juniper communities, on fine-textured substrates.
Elevation 1300–2100 m. (4300–6900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; UT
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Scytocarpi > Astragalus flexuosus
Sibling taxa
A. flexuosus var. flexuosus, A. flexuosus var. greenei
Synonyms A. diehlii
Name authority (M. E. Jones) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 54. (1944)
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