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Taxon: Astragalus flexuosus (Hook.) Douglas ex G. Don

 
Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Nomen number: 5784
Place of publication: Gen. hist. 2:256. 1832
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 22-Aug-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Common names:

  • flexile milk-vetch  (Source: Native Pl Database) - English
  • pliant milk-vetch  (Source: Glea Cron ed2) - English
  • slender milk-vetch  (Source: Atlas GPlains) - English
  • slender milk-vetch  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
  • astragale tortueux  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia (s.e.), Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
    • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Minnesota (w.), Nebraska (w.), North Dakota, South Dakota]
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Montana, Wyoming (e.)]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (e.), Utah (e.)]


References:

  1. Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part I. The Phacoid and Homaloboid Astragali. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:203.
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  3. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 149.
  4. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
  5. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains.
  6. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  7. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  8. University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).
  9. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9.

Check other web resources for Astragalus flexuosus (Hook.) Douglas ex G. Don :

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=5784. Accessed 9 May 2024.