Astragalus flexuosus var. flexuosus |
Astragalus flexuosus var. diehlii |
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flexile milkvetch |
diehl's milkvetch |
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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. |
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Astragalus flexuosus var. flexuosus |
Astragalus flexuosus var. diehlii |
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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 |
CO; IA; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; SD; UT; WY; AB; BC; MB; ON; SK |
AZ; CO; NM; UT |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | A. flexuosus var. elongatus | A. diehlii |
Name authority | unknown | (M. E. Jones) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 54. (1944) |
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