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Flexible Milkvetch

Astragalus flexuosus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 42, February 33, March 45, April 88, May 134, June 272, July 75, August 64, September 59, October 43, November 37, December 35.
United States1,518
Colorado702
Canada273
New Mexico196
Saskatchewan132
Texas113
North Dakota94
Wyoming93
Alberta86
South Dakota70

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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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