View source for Astragalus missouriensis var. mimetes

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|accepted_name=Astragalus missouriensis var. mimetes
|accepted_authority=Barneby
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. New York Bot. Gard.
|place=13: 716. 1964
|year=1964
}}
|common_names=Mimic milkvetch
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fabaceae;Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae;Astragalus;Astragalus sect. Argophylli;Astragalus missouriensis;Astragalus missouriensis var. mimetes
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fabaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Astragalus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Astragalus sect. Argophylli]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Astragalus missouriensis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Astragalus missouriensis var. mimetes]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 11
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>shortly caulescent or, sometimes, subacaulescent. <b>Stems</b> to 15 cm. <b>Racemes</b> (3–)5–15-flowered. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 5–5.8 mm, tube 4.1–4.8 mm, lobes 0.7–1.1 mm; corolla bright pink-purple or violet-red, wings darker, banner with pale center; banner 9.5–11.8 mm; keel 8.9–10.6 mm. <b>Legumes</b> ascending, initially subterete or ± dorsiventrally compressed, incurved, subsymmetrically oblong-ellipsoid, somewhat laterally compressed and obtuse-angled when mature, 14–24 × 5–7.5(–9) mm, subunilocular, base obtuse or, sometimes, cuneate, apex abruptly contracted into subulate, pungent beak, sutures prominent, strigulose. <b>Seeds</b> 36–46.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–May (Sep).
|habitat=Larrea and juniper communities on barren limey knolls, with juniper and matchweed.
|elevation=1400–1800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.
|discussion=<p>Variety mimetes occurs in the Rio Grande Valley in Valencia and Socorro counties, New Mexico, and in northeastern Arizona. In its small flowers and fruits, it resembles Astragalus accumbens, with which it has been confused.</p>
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name=Astragalus missouriensis var. mimetes
|authority=Barneby
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Fabaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May (Sep).
|habitat=Larrea and juniper communities on barren limey knolls, with juniper and matchweed.
|elevation=1400–1800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. New York Bot. Gard.
|publication year=1964
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/master/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V11/V11_1664.xml
|subfamily=Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae
|genus=Astragalus
|section=Astragalus sect. Argophylli
|species=Astragalus missouriensis
|variety=Astragalus missouriensis var. mimetes
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