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Montpellier Milkvetch

Astragalus monspessulanus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 0, February 6, March 29, April 268, May 365, June 102, July 20, August 5, September 7, October 4, November 0, December 2.
France808
Spain431
Italy416
Occitanie402
Cataluña/Catalunya257
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur253
Nord-Ovest163
Croatia155
Centro131
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes122

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
  • 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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Montpellier Milkvetch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.