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Fremont junction milkvetch

Stems

prostrate, 40–90 cm.

Flowers

8.5–11 mm.

Legumes

ellipsoid to cylindroid-ellipsoid, inflated, length usually more than 2 times width, 3.5–6(–7) mm wide.

Astragalus subcinereus var. basalticus

Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine communities.
Elevation 1400–2400 m. (4600–7900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
Discussion

Variety basalticus is confined to western Emery and eastern Sevier counties.

Variety basalticus and Astragalus flexuosus var. diehlii are sympatric in the range of var. basalticus. Fruits of var. basalticus are usually wider and the flowers longer.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus > sect. Scytocarpi > Astragalus subcinereus
Sibling taxa
A. subcinereus var. sileranus, A. subcinereus var. subcinereus
Name authority S. L. Welsh: Great Basin Naturalist 38: 302. (1978)
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