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Astragalus racemosus (Alkali poisonvetch; creamy loco; cream milk-vetch; cream milkvetch)

Synonyms: Astragalus racemosus var. typicus; Craccina racemosa (homotypic); Tium racemosum (homotypic); Tragacantha racemosa (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Astragalus racemosus var. longisetus (Attributes)
Astragalus racemosus var. racemosus
Astragalus racemosus var. treleasei (Attributes)

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States

Predators

Colias eurytheme (alfalfa caterpillar)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0