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Mongolian Milkvetch

Astragalus mongholicus

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 Alaska.January 16, February 12, March 19, April 30, May 43, June 47, July 50, August 43, September 32, October 24, November 13, December 10.
United States339
Alaska339
Russia218
Buryatia97
Irkutsk Oblast49
Zabaykalsky Krai33
Altai Republic19
Tuva8
Amur Oblast6
Canada4

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