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Fabaceae

Flexile milkvetch

Astragalus flexuosus (Hook.) Douglas ex G.Don

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Astragalus

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Flexile milkvetch: The sprawling dense stems that form a mat, or nearly so, combined with the small flowers (much less than 10 mm long) and leaves with linear gray-green leaflets
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Flexile milkvetch, Flexible milkvetch, Pliant milkvetch

Synonyms

  • Homalobus flexuosus (Hook.) Rydb.
  • Phaca flexuosa Hook.
  • Pisophaca flexuosa (Hook.) Rydb.
  • Tragacantha flexuosa (Hook.) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.