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Missouri Milkvetch

Astragalus missouriensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 15, February 14, March 23, April 48, May 388, June 78, July 56, August 63, September 36, October 26, November 16, December 14.
United States3,586
Alberta855
Texas794
Canada743
Colorado555
Oklahoma472
Kansas247
New Mexico241
Nebraska237
Saskatchewan233

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusmilkvetches · Astragalus

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