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Stinking Milkvetch

Astragalus praelongus

1,167 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Utah.January 33, February 28, March 39, April 69, May 102, June 60, July 50, August 42, September 40, October 30, November 26, December 26.
United States1,268
Utah504
New Mexico345
Arizona255
Texas137
Colorado99
Oklahoma14
Nevada10

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • 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

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

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