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:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

22-ago-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2006

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Astragalus flexuosus var. sierrae-blancae (Rydb.) Barneby
Basionym: Phaca flexuosa Hook.

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

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia (s.e.)]
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:

Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part I. The Phacoid and Homaloboid Astragali Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:203.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991 (Glea Cron ed2)
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association) Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. (Atlas GPlains)
University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource). (Native Pl Database)

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.

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://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=5784. Accessed 10 mayo 2024.