Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Astragalus flexuosus
Family
Fabaceae
CommonName
slender milkvetch
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1899
LatestDate
2021
Ecosystem
basin, foothill, montane
Geobotanical
SSawatch, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Saguache
Passes
Half Moon
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
In the Watershed, slender milkvetch is a common plant of meadows, gentle grassy slopes, and occasionally forest openings. The one Basin record is labeled “Alamosa, two miles northwest” (Ramaley, 1934). In the USA, Astragalus flexuosus ranges through the Rocky Mountains from the Mexican border to the Canadian, as well through the northern Great Plains. It does not follow the Rio Grande drainage beyond New Mexico.