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Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus
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Carson city milkvetch, floriferous freckled milkvetch, floriferous milk vetch, freckled milkvetch
Habit Plants perennial, 20–50 cm.
Stems

prostrate to weakly ascending, branched proximally.
Leaves

3–8(–11) cm;

leaflets 11–15(–19), blades obovate or oblanceolate, 5–15 mm, apex retuse, surfaces glabrate to densely strigulose, hairs appressed or subappressed.
Racemes

(11–)15–30(–37)-flowered, short and dense, cylindric or globose in fruit;

axis 1–4(–7) cm in fruit.
Peduncles

1–4(–7) cm.
Flowers

8.8–11 mm;

calyx 4–6.5 mm, tube 3–4 mm, lobes 0.6–1.4(–2) mm;

corolla whitish, sometimes wings and keel with lavender tips.
Legumes

faintly mottled becoming stramineous, obliquely ovoid or subglobose, strongly inflated, (8–)12–21 × (6–)7–12 mm, thinly papery, translucent, glabrous or strigulose;

beak 3–7 mm, unilocular.
Seeds

15–21(–25).

Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus
Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Sagebrush communities, on sandy, granitic, or basaltic substrates.
Elevation 1100–1600(–2100) m. (3600–5200(–6900) ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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Discussion

Variety floribundus is the only member of Astragalus lentiginosus in the Lake Tahoe area; it occurs along the eastern flanks of the Sierra Nevada, passing into var. ineptus in Mono County, and extends northward into southeastern Oregon, where it grades into var. salinus.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Diphysi > Astragalus lentiginosus
Sibling taxa
A. lentiginosus var. albifolius, A. lentiginosus var. ambiguus, A. lentiginosus var. antonius, A. lentiginosus var. australis, A. lentiginosus var. chartaceus, A. lentiginosus var. coachellae, A. lentiginosus var. coulteri, A. lentiginosus var. diphysus, A. lentiginosus var. fremontii, A. lentiginosus var. higginsii, A. lentiginosus var. idriensis, A. lentiginosus var. ineptus, A. lentiginosus var. kennedyi, A. lentiginosus var. kernensis, A. lentiginosus var. latus, A. lentiginosus var. lentiginosus, A. lentiginosus var. macrolobus, A. lentiginosus var. maricopae, A. lentiginosus var. micans, A. lentiginosus var. mokiacensis, A. lentiginosus var. multiracemosus, A. lentiginosus var. negundo, A. lentiginosus var. nigricalycis, A. lentiginosus var. oropedii, A. lentiginosus var. palans, A. lentiginosus var. piscinensis, A. lentiginosus var. platyphyllidius, A. lentiginosus var. pohlii, A. lentiginosus var. salinus, A. lentiginosus var. scorpionis, A. lentiginosus var. semotus, A. lentiginosus var. sesquimetralis, A. lentiginosus var. sierrae, A. lentiginosus var. stramineus, A. lentiginosus var. toyabensis, A. lentiginosus var. trumbullensis, A. lentiginosus var. variabilis, A. lentiginosus var. vitreus, A. lentiginosus var. wahweapensis, A. lentiginosus var. wilsonii, A. lentiginosus var. yuccanus
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 524. (1865)
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