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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Astragalus michauxii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astragalus michauxii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-35-003:
Astragalus michauxii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sandhills Milkvetch, Michaux's Milkvetch
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Will Stuart wil_a_michauxii_blos_258
May Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Calyx lobes deltoid to narrowly triangular-lanceolate [not subulate], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Will Stuart wil_a_michauxii_habit_228
May Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Flower clusters arise at the angles between the stem and upper 2-6 leaves, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Will Stuart wil_a_michauxii_habit_282
May Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Will Stuart wil_a_michauxii_inflo_267
May Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Flowers are pinkish-lavender or pinkish-white and can be sparse or numerous, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_a_michauxii_leaf
May Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaves rather sparse, pinnate, with 15-30 elliptical leaflets, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_a_michauxii_leaf_b
May Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaflets both opposite & alternate, thick or leathery, & may be thinly hairy, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Astragalus michauxii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astragalus michauxii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-35-003:
Astragalus michauxii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
2793
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 21-31 leaflets
Alternate
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pinkish-lavender or pinkish-white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate-to-cylindric calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, usually diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p082
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p055
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p085