PLANTS Profile for Astragalus lonchocarpus (rushy milkvetch)

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PLANTS Profile

Astragalus lonchocarpus Torr.
rushy milkvetch

Symbol:

ASLO3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Astragalus lonchocarpus Torr.

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Distribution:
Astragalus lonchocarpus Torr.


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Related Taxa:
Astragalus lonchocarpus Torr.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 421 species in Astragalus

Classification:
Astragalus lonchocarpus Torr.

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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 lonchocarpus Torr. – rushy milkvetch

More Accounts and Images:
Astragalus lonchocarpus Torr.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25567.

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

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 06:24 AM CDT