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Timber Milkvetch

Astragalus miser

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 British Columbia.January 135, February 125, March 195, April 228, May 1,089, June 760, July 243, August 217, September 191, October 151, November 122, December 123.
Canada3,776
United States3,384
British Columbia2,620
Alberta1,371
Idaho675
Utah539
Colorado368
Wyoming324
Alaska284
Washington202

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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