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Brewer's milkvetch

Astragalus breweri

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 15, February 13, March 14, April 34, May 16, June 12, July 10, August 11, September 13, October 14, November 18, December 14.
United States166
California166

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual 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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Brewer's milkvetch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.