Astragalus flexuosus var. greenei
Greene's milkvetch
greenish cinereous.
15–40 cm.
(9–)13–23, blades linear-oblong to obovate-cuneate.
(7–)10–30-flowered;
axis (1–)2.5–10 cm in fruit.
1.5–13.5 cm.
9–10.8 mm;
calyx 3.5–6 mm, tube 2.8–4.2 mm, lobes 0.8–2 mm;
corolla banner recurved through 45–50°;
keel incurved through 90–100°, semiobovate, 7–8.2 mm.
lanceoloid-ellipsoid to plumply ellipsoid, oblong-ellipsoid, or ovoid-ellipsoid, turgid or inflated, (12–)14–23 × (4–)5–9 mm, base rounded when less than 5 mm wide, strigulose or villosulous;
stipe 0–0.5 mm.
16–25.
= 22.
Astragalus flexuosus var. greenei
AZ; NM
Variety greenei closely resembles var. diehlii and, except for a small geographical disjunction, they easily could be combined.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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