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Greene's milkvetch

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flexile milkvetch

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

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
from FNA
AZ; NM
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from FNA
CO; IA; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; SD; UT; WY; AB; BC; MB; ON; SK
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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.)

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. flexuosus
A. flexuosus var. diehlii, A. flexuosus var. greenei
Synonyms A. greenei A. flexuosus var. elongatus
Name authority (A. Gray) Barneby: Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 91. (1960) unknown
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