Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Astragalus americanus (Hook.) M.E. Jones


FABACEAE Family selection - Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Astragalus americanus (Hook.) M.E. Jones Taxon selection
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: American milkvetch
en English name: American milk-vetch

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Astragalus frigidus (L.) A. Gray p.p.
= Astragalus frigidus (L.) A. Gray var. americanus (Hook.) S. Watson
= Astragalus frigidus (L.) A. Gray var. gaspensis (Rouss.) Fernald
= Phaca americana (Hook.) Rydb. ex Small



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:


Page counter: 358 ( AVG: 223.43 / 292.933 )



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Astragalus americanus
Astragalus americanus
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 385.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CO, MT, SD, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Distributional map for Astragalus americanus (Hook.) M.E. Jones
Map for Astragalus americanus (Hook.) M.E. Jones
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray var. cymbellus M.E. Jones [141]
2) Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray var. melanocalyx (Rydb.) Tidestr. [138]
3) Astragalus andersonii A. Gray [492]
4) Astragalus antisellii A. Gray ex W.H. Brewer & S. Watson [131]
5) Astragalus arenarius L. [646]
6) Astragalus arrectus A. Gray var. kelseyi (Rydb.) M.E. Jones [117]
7) Astragalus australis (L.) Lam. [1685]
8) Astragalus australis (L.) Lam. var. muriei (Rydb.) S.L. Welsh [259]
9) Astragalus bigelovii A. Gray var. thompsoniae (S. Watson) M.E. Jones [130]
10) Astragalus caryocarpus Ker Gawl. [145]

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