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Santa Barbara Milkvetch

Astragalus trichopodus

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 357, February 309, March 466, April 588, May 387, June 285, July 244, August 248, September 315, October 322, November 414, December 319.
California4,616
United States3,934
Mexico180
Baja California180
Nevada14
Colorado1

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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