Flora of North America species comparison

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Astragalus sect. Neglecti
Habit Herbs perennial, clump-forming, caulescent; caudex superficial.
Stems

several.
Leaves

odd-pinnate, short-petiolate or subsessile;

leaflets 11–23(or 25).
Racemes

loosely flowered, flowers nodding.
Corollas

whitish to pale yellow, banner recurved through 45°, keel apex obtuse, sometimes obscurely beaklike.
Calyx

tubes cylindric.
Legumes

persistent, sessile, erect, obliquely ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, strongly inflated, unilocular or subunilocular.
Seeds

12–20.
Hairs

basifixed.
Stipules

distinct.

Astragalus sect. Neglecti
Distribution
e North America; c North America
Discussion

Species 1.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms Phaca
Name authority (Rydberg) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 593. (1964)
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