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Bent-flower Milkvetch

Astragalus vexilliflexus

771 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 16, February 15, March 24, April 50, May 100, June 150, July 146, August 52, September 37, October 27, November 16, December 15.
Canada1,016
Alberta497
United States457
British Columbia429
Idaho128
Nunavut88
Wyoming41
South Dakota16
North Dakota10
Saskatchewan10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusmilkvetches · Astragalus

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