630518 Astragalus multiflorus (Pursh) A. Gray
Distribution
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Shrub Tundra: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
2n=
(1) 16 (2x, x = 8). - Welsh (2007, secondary report).
(2) 24 (3x, x = 8?, or 4x, x = 6?). - Welsh (2007, secondary report).
Geography: North American: (CAN).
Notes: Astragalus multiflorus borders or reaches the Arctic on the southwestern shore of Hudson Bay (Welsh 2007: map 46).
For the invalidity of Astragalus tenellus Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 473 (1813) and the illegitimacy of A. tenellus Pursh ex E. Sheld. (1894), see Reveal and Gandhi (2004).
Higher Taxa
- Astragalus [6305,genus]