Astragalus flexuosus var. greenei |
Astragalus flexuosus var. flexuosus |
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Greene's milkvetch |
flexile milkvetch |
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Herbage | greenish cinereous. |
greenish or silky-canescent. |
Stems | 15–40 cm. |
± flexuous, 15–60(–70) cm. |
Leaflets | (9–)13–23, blades linear-oblong to obovate-cuneate. |
11–25(–29), blades mostly linear or narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 6–11 mm. |
Racemes | (7–)10–30-flowered; axis (1–)2.5–10 cm in fruit. |
(7–)12–26(–30)-flowered; axis 3–13(–15) cm in fruit. |
Peduncles | 1.5–13.5 cm. |
4–19 cm. |
Flowers | 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. |
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. |
Legumes | 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. |
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. |
Seeds | 16–25. |
14–20. |
2n | = 22. |
= 22. |
Astragalus flexuosus var. greenei |
Astragalus flexuosus var. flexuosus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Badlands, other semibarrens with pinyon-juniper or oak. | Pinyon-juniper, sagebrush-oak, ponderosa pine, mountain brush, mesic prairies. |
Elevation | 1300–2600 m. (4300–8500 ft.) | 200–2900 m. (700–9500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM |
CO; IA; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; SD; UT; WY; AB; BC; MB; ON; SK |
Discussion | 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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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | A. greenei | A. flexuosus var. elongatus |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 91. (1960) | unknown |
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