PLANTS Profile for Astragalus amphioxys (Crescent milkvetch)

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PLANTS Profile

Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray
Crescent milkvetch

Symbol:

ASAM5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray

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Distribution:
Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray


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Related Taxa:
Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 421 species in Astragalus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray var. amphioxys. . Image Available.

Astragalus amphioxys var. amphioxys
Crescent milkvetch

Distribution of Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray var. modestus Barneby. .

Astragalus amphioxys var. modestus
Crescent milkvetch

Distribution of Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray var. musimonum (Barneby) Barneby. .

Astragalus amphioxys var. musimonum
Crescent milkvetch

Distribution of Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray var. vespertinus (Sheldon) M.E. Jones. .

Astragalus amphioxys var. vespertinus
Aladdin's slippers

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Astragalus L. – milkvetch
Species	Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray – Crescent milkvetch

More Accounts and Images:
Astragalus amphioxys A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25414.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 01:51 PM CDT