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flexile milkvetch

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diehl's milkvetch

Herbage

greenish or silky-canescent.

greenish cinereous.

Stems

± flexuous, 15–60(–70) cm.

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

Leaflets

11–25(–29), blades mostly linear or narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 6–11 mm.

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

Racemes

(7–)12–26(–30)-flowered;

axis 3–13(–15) cm in fruit.

12–26-flowered;

axis 2.5–9.5 cm in fruit.

Peduncles

4–19 cm.

2.5–7 cm.

Flowers

7.4–11 mm;

calyx 3.5–5.8 mm, tube 2.7–4.3 mm, lobes 0.5–1.7 mm;

corolla banner recurved through 45–50°;

keel incurved through 90–100°, semiobovate, 5.3–7.5 mm.

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

linear-oblong, linear-oblanceoloid, or narrowly oblong-elliptic in outline, scarcely turgid, (8–)12–24 × 2.7–4.8 mm, base usually cuneate-tapered, usually finely strigulose or villosulous, rarely glabrous;

stipe 0.5–1.3 mm, concealed by marcescent calyx.

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

sessile.

Seeds

14–20.

12–18.

2n

= 22.

Astragalus flexuosus var. flexuosus

Astragalus flexuosus var. diehlii

Phenology Flowering May–Aug. Flowering late Apr–Jun.
Habitat Pinyon-juniper, sagebrush-oak, ponderosa pine, mountain brush, mesic prairies. Salt desert shrub and pinyon-juniper communities, on fine-textured substrates.
Elevation 200–2900 m. (700–9500 ft.) 1300–2100 m. (4300–6900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; IA; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; SD; UT; WY; AB; BC; MB; ON; SK
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from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; UT
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Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Scytocarpi > Astragalus flexuosus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Scytocarpi > Astragalus flexuosus
Sibling taxa
A. flexuosus var. diehlii, A. flexuosus var. greenei
A. flexuosus var. flexuosus, A. flexuosus var. greenei
Synonyms A. flexuosus var. elongatus A. diehlii
Name authority unknown (M. E. Jones) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 54. (1944)
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