Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Milkvetch from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-35-002:
Astragalus canadensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Canada Milkvetch
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_canadensis_14b
June
Flowers yellowish-white, 1/2" long, and slender (the standard is narrow), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_canadensis_cana_648
July Iredell County NC
Pods are numerous, crowded, erect, from 0.4-0.6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_canadensis_cana_661
July Iredell County NC
The somewhat reflexed flowers are in long-peduncled axillary racemes, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
JK Marlow jkm180828_4251b
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Stems glabrous to sparsely strigillose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm180828_4253
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
The 15-31 leaflets are oblong and up to 2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs