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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-35-002:
Astragalus canadensis FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Astragalus carolinianus
COMMON NAME:
Canada Milkvetch
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asca29_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_canadensis_14
June
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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Ron Lance rwl_20180720_103907716
July Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Ron Lance rwl_20180720_104315693hdr
July Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_canadensis_cana_654
July Iredell County NC
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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 (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4250
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4251b
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Stems glabrous to sparsely strigillose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4273
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-35-002:
Astragalus canadensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Astragalus carolinianus
2833
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests, woodlands, streambanks, rocky slopes and bluffs, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: (7)13-31 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-white/ Creamy-yellow
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!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p055
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p130
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p185
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p126
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p163
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p087
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