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Astragalus (As-trį-ga-lus
Syllable stress of Botanical Latin

Syllable stress of botanical names varies with the language spoken by the person using the botanical name. In English-speaking countries the Botanical Latin places syllable stress for botanical names derived from ancient Greek and Latin broadly according to two systems, either the Reformed academic pronunciation, or the pronunciation develop...
, ??) is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herb
Herb

A herb is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties, flavor, scent, or the like....
s and small shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s, belonging to the legume
Legume

A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae , or a fruit of these specific plants. A legume fruit is a Fruit#Simple fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually Dehiscence on two sides....
 family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
, subfamily Faboideae
Faboideae

Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....
. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator....
. Common names include milk-vetch (most species), locoweed (in western US) and goat's-thorn (A. gummifer, A. tragacanthus). Some pale-flowered vetch
Vicia

The vetches are a large genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the legume family . They are native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Some other genera of their subfamily Faboideae also have names containing "vetch", for example the vetchlings or the milk-vetches ....
es are similar in appearance, but vetches are more vine
Vine

A vine is any plant of genus Grape or, by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant. The word, derived from Latin vinea, referred to the grape-bearing variety....
-like.

stragalus species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species including the following case-bearers of the genus Coleophora
Coleophora

Coleophora is a very large genus of moths of the family Coleophoridae with around 1000 described species. The genus is represented on all continents but the majority are found in the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions....
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Astragalus (As-trį-ga-lus
Syllable stress of Botanical Latin

Syllable stress of botanical names varies with the language spoken by the person using the botanical name. In English-speaking countries the Botanical Latin places syllable stress for botanical names derived from ancient Greek and Latin broadly according to two systems, either the Reformed academic pronunciation, or the pronunciation develop...
, ??) is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herb
Herb

A herb is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties, flavor, scent, or the like....
s and small shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s, belonging to the legume
Legume

A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae , or a fruit of these specific plants. A legume fruit is a Fruit#Simple fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually Dehiscence on two sides....
 family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
, subfamily Faboideae
Faboideae

Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....
. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator....
. Common names include milk-vetch (most species), locoweed (in western US) and goat's-thorn (A. gummifer, A. tragacanthus). Some pale-flowered vetch
Vicia

The vetches are a large genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the legume family . They are native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Some other genera of their subfamily Faboideae also have names containing "vetch", for example the vetchlings or the milk-vetches ....
es are similar in appearance, but vetches are more vine
Vine

A vine is any plant of genus Grape or, by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant. The word, derived from Latin vinea, referred to the grape-bearing variety....
-like.

Species

Astragalus species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species including the following case-bearers of the genus Coleophora
Coleophora

Coleophora is a very large genus of moths of the family Coleophoridae with around 1000 described species. The genus is represented on all continents but the majority are found in the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions....
: C. astragalella (feeds exclusively on A. glycyphyllos), C. cartilaginella (feeds exclusively on Astragalus), C. colutella, C. euryaula (feeds exclusively on Astragalus), C. gallipennella (feeds exclusively on A. glycyphyllos), C. hippodromica (feeds exclusively on A. gombo), C. onobrychiella (feeds exclusively on Astragalus), C. polonicella (feeds exclusively on A. arenarius) and C. vicinella.

Medicinal uses


Astragalus propinquus
Astragalus propinquus

Astragalus propinquus also known as hu?ng q? or bei q? , hu?ng hua hu?ng q? , is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae....
 (also known as Astragalus membranaceus) has a history of use as an herbal medicine, and the biotechnology firms Geron Corporation and TA Therapeutics of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
 have been working on deriving a telomerase
Telomerase

Telomerase is an enzyme that adds specific DNA sequence repeats to the 3' end of DNA strands in the telomere regions, which are found at the ends of eukaryote chromosomes....
 activator from it.

In a recent news release Geron Corporation and Rita Effros from UCLA discussed the possibility of an herbal extract called TAT2 (Cycloastregenol) to be used to help combat HIV
HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that can lead to AIDS , a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections....
, as well as infections associated with chronic diseases or aging.

Supplement use

Astragalus membranaceus is now being purified by supplement companies for the particular natural telomerase
Telomerase

Telomerase is an enzyme that adds specific DNA sequence repeats to the 3' end of DNA strands in the telomere regions, which are found at the ends of eukaryote chromosomes....
 activating extracts. Recently these extracts have started to be marketed as telomere
Telomere

A telomere is a region of repetitive DNA at the end of chromosomes, which protects the end of the chromosome from destruction. Its name is derived from the Greek nouns telos "end" and mer?s "part"....
 enhancing, and life prolonging extracts. As of January 2009 only three companies offer telomerase activator supplement products from Astragalus: TA Sciences, Terraternal, and RevGenetics provide Astragaloside IV or another extract derived from Astragalus for this purpose. However no independent tests have confirmed that these supplements actually activate telomerase in a human.

Ornamental use

Several species, including A. alpinus (bluish-purple flowers), A. hypoglottis (purple flowers) and A. lotoides, are grown as ornamental plant
Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower garden or as house plants. Most commonly they are grown for the display of their flowers. Other common ornamental features include leaves, scent, fruit, Plant stem and bark....
s in gardens.

Selected species

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  • Astragalus acutirostris
    Astragalus acutirostris

    Astragalus acutirostris is a species of Astragalus known by the common name sharpkeel milkvetch. It is native to the Mojave Desert and surroundings of California, Nevada, and Arizona, where it grows in dry, sandy, gravelly areas....
     - Sharpkeel milkvetch
  • Astragalus agnicidus
    Astragalus agnicidus

    Astragalus agnicidus is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name Humboldt County milkvetch. It is Endemism to northern California, where it is known only from two populations in Humboldt County, California and one in Mendocino County, California....
     - Humboldt County milkvetch
  • Astragalus agrestis
    Astragalus agrestis

    Astragalus agrestis is a species of Astragalus known by the common names purple milkvetch, purple loco, and field milkvetch....
     - Field milk vetch, Purple milk-vetch, Cock's-head
  • Astragalus albens
    Astragalus albens

    Astragalus albens is a species of Astragalus known by the common names Cushenbury milkvetch and silvery-white milkvetch. It is Endemism to San Bernardino County, California, where it is known from the northern slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains....
     - Cushenbury milkvetch
  • Astragalus alopecuroides
  • Astragalus alpinus - Alpine milk vetch
  • Astragalus andersonii
    Astragalus andersonii

    Astragalus andersonii is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Anderson's milkvetch. It is native to eastern California and western Nevada, where it is found in the plateaus at the foot of the Sierra Nevada , including the Modoc Plateau....
     - Anderson's milkvetch
  • Astragalus angustifolius
  • Astragalus annularis
  • Astragalus anxius
    Astragalus anxius

    Astragalus anxius is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common names troubled milkvetch and Ash Valley milkvetch. It is Endemism to northern Lassen County, California, where it grows in the volcanic soil of the Modoc Plateau....
     - Troubled milkvetch
  • Astragalus arenarius
  • Astragalus aristatus
  • Astragalus asymmetricus
    Astragalus asymmetricus

    Astragalus asymmetricus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name San Joaquin milkvetch. It is Endemism to California, where it grows in grassy and disturbed areas in the Central Valley and nearby parts of the California Coast Ranges and San Francisco Bay Area....
     - San Joaquin milkvetch
  • Astragalus atropilosulus
    Astragalus atropilosulus

    Astragalus atropilosulus is a perennial herb in the Fabaceae family of Africa origin.It is used as a vegetable in Malawi and Kenya....
  • Astragalus austiniae
    Astragalus austiniae

    Astragalus austiniae is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Austin's milkvetch. It is native to the Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe....
     - Austin's milkvetch
  • Astragalus azizi
  • Astragalus baionensis
  • Astragalus barrii - Barr's milk vetch
  • Astragalus bernardinus
    Astragalus bernardinus

    Astragalus bernardinus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name San Bernardino milkvetch. It is native to the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California....
     - San Bernardino milkvetch
  • Astragalus bibullatus
    Astragalus bibullatus

    Astragalus bibullatus is an endangered species that is endemic to the cedar glades of the central basin of Tennessee. It is found in only about five populations located within a few kilometers of each other in Rutherford County, Tennessee....
     - Limestone-glade milk-vetch
  • Astragalus bicristatus
    Astragalus bicristatus

    Astragalus bicristatus is a species of Astragalus known by the common names crested milkvetch and two-crested milkvetch. It is Endemism to southern California, where it grows in the temperate coniferous forest of the coastal mountain ranges....
     - Crested milkvetch, Two-crested milkvetch
  • Astragalus bisulcatus
    Astragalus bisulcatus

    Astragalus bisulcatus is leafy, caulescent perennial typically growing on selenium-rich soils and accumulates selenium with in its tissues....
     - Two-groove milk-vetch
  • Astragalus boeticus
  • Astragalus bolanderi
    Astragalus bolanderi

    Astragalus bolanderi is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Bolander's milkvetch. It is native to western Nevada and parts of the Sierra Nevada in California....
     - Bolander's milkvetch
  • Astragalus brauntonii
    Astragalus brauntonii

    Astragalus brauntonii is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name Braunton's milkvetch. It is Endemism to southern California, where it is known from fewer than 20 extant occurrences in the hills and mountains surrounding Los Angeles, California....
     - Braunton's milkvetch
  • Astragalus breweri
    Astragalus breweri

    Astragalus breweri is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Brewer's milkvetch. It is Endemism to northern California, where it is found in several counties surrounding the north edge of the San Francisco Bay Area....
     - Brewer's milkvetch
  • Astragalus californicus
    Astragalus californicus

    Astragalus californicus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Klamath Basin milkvetch. It is native to the Klamath Mountains and surrounding ranges of northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in scrub and woodland habitat....
     - California milkvetch
  • Astragalus canadensis
    Astragalus canadensis

    Astragalus canadensis is a common and widespread member of the Astragalus in the Fabaceae, known commonly as Canadian milkvetch. The plant is found throughout Canada and the United States in many habitats including wetlands, woodlands, and prairies....
     - Canadian milk-vetch
  • Astragalus casei
    Astragalus casei

    Astragalus casei is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Case's milkvetch. It is native to the deserts and woodlands of western Nevada and eastern California....
     - Case's milkvetch
  • Astragalus centralpinus
  • Astragalus christianus
  • Astragalus cicer - Wild Lentil, Chickpea milk-vetch
  • Astragalus cimae
    Astragalus cimae

    Astragalus cimae is a species of Astragalus known by the common name cima milkvetch. It is native to the deserts and woodlands of western Nevada and eastern California, especially on limestone....
     - Cima milkvetch
  • Astragalus clarianus
    Astragalus clarianus

    Astragalus clarianus is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common names Clara Hunt's milkvetch and Napa milkvetch. It is Endemism to northern California where it is known from only four or five occurrences along the border between Sonoma County, California and Napa County, California....
     syn. Astragalus claranus - Clara Hunt's milkvetch, Napa milkvetch
  • Astragalus clevelandii
    Astragalus clevelandii

    Astragalus clevelandii is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name Cleveland's milkvetch. It is Endemism to northern California, where it grows in moist areas of the California Coast Ranges....
     - Cleveland's milkvetch
  • Astragalus coccineus
    Astragalus coccineus

    Astragalus coccineus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name scarlet milkvetch. It is native to the deserts and scrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico....
     - Scarlet milk-vetch
  • Astragalus congdonii
    Astragalus congdonii

    Astragalus congdonii is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Congdon's milkvetch. It is Endemism to the Sierra Nevada of central California....
     - Congdon's milkvetch
  • Astragalus crassicarpus (caryocarpus) - Ground-plum, Buffalo Plum
  • Astragalus crotalariae
    Astragalus crotalariae

    Astragalus crotalariae is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Salton milkvetch. It is native to the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in desert scrub habitat....
     - Salton milkvetch
  • Astragalus curtipes
    Astragalus curtipes

    Astragalus curtipes is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Morro milkvetch. It is Endemism to the Central Coast of California....
     - Morro milkvetch
  • Astragalus danicus
  • Astragalus deanei
    Astragalus deanei

    Astragalus deanei is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name Dean's milkvetch, or Deane's milkvetch. It is Endemism to southern San Diego County, California, where it grows on the slopes of the Peninsular Ranges between El Cajon, California and Tecate, California....
     - Deane's milkvetch, Dean's milkvetch
  • Astragalus debequaeus - Debeque milk-vetch
  • Astragalus depressus
  • Astragalus didymocarpus
    Astragalus didymocarpus

    Astragalus didymocarpus is a species of Astragalus known by the common names dwarf white milkvetch and two-seeded milkvetch. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it can be found in many types of habitat....
     - Two-seeded milkvetch, Dwarf white milkvetch
  • Astragalus douglasii
    Astragalus douglasii

    Astragalus douglasii is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Douglas' milkvetch. It is native to California and Baja California, where it can be found in many types of habitat....
     - Douglas's milkvetch
  • Astragalus echinus
  • Astragalus eriocarpus
  • Astragalus ertterae
    Astragalus ertterae

    Astragalus ertterae is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name Walker Pass milkvetch. It is Endemism to California, where it is known from only three occurrences near Walker Pass in the Sierra Nevada ....
     - Walker Pass milkvetch
  • Astragalus exscapus
  • Astragalus filipes
    Astragalus filipes

    Astragalus filipes is a species of Astragalus known by the common name basalt milkvetch. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in many types of habitat, especially dry areas....
     - Basalt milkvetch
  • Astragalus frigidus - American milk-vetch, Arctic milk-vetch
  • Astragalus funereus
    Astragalus funereus

    Astragalus funereus is an uncommon species of Astragalus known by the common names Funeral Mountain milkvetch and black milkvetch....
     - Funeral Mountain milkvetch
  • Astragalus galegiformis
  • Astragalus gambelianus
    Astragalus gambelianus

    Astragalus gambelianus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Gambel's dwarf milkvetch. It is native to California, with its distribution extending into Oregon to the north and Baja California to the south....
     - Gambel's dwarf milkvetch
  • Astragalus gibbsii
    Astragalus gibbsii

    Astragalus gibbsii is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Gibbs' milkvetch. It is native to eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows in the pine forest habitat of the mountains and the sagebrush of the plateaus....
     - Gibbs' milkvetch
  • Astragalus gilmanii
    Astragalus gilmanii

    Astragalus gilmanii is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Gilman's milkvetch. It is native to the desert scrub and woodland of Nevada, and it is known from a few locations in the Panamint Range adjacent to Death Valley in California....
     - Gilman's milkvetch
  • Astragalus gilviflorus - Plains milk-vetch, Plains orophaca
  • Astragalus glycyphyllos
    Astragalus glycyphyllos

    Astragalus glycyphyllos is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Europe. It is a perennial plant herbaceous plant which sometimes used for tea....
     - Wild Liquorice, Licorice milk-vetch
  • Astragalus gummifer
  • Astragalus hypoglottis - Field milk-vetch, Purple milk-vetch, Cock's-head
  • Astragalus illyricus - Illirian milk-vetch
  • Astragalus inversus
    Astragalus inversus

    Astragalus inversus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Susanville milkvetch. It is Endemism to the northeastern corner of California, where it grows in forest and dry scrub habitat....
     - Susanville milkvetch
  • Astragalus inyoensis
    Astragalus inyoensis

    Astragalus inyoensis is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Inyo milkvetch. It is native to the desert mountains and flats of western Nevada, and it is known from the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains of eastern California....
     - Inyo milkvetch
  • Astragalus jaegerianus
    Astragalus jaegerianus

    Astragalus jaegerianus is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name Lane Mountain milkvetch. It is Endemism to San Bernardino County, California, where it is known from only four populations in the vicinity of Fort Irwin Military Reservation in the Mojave Desert....
     - Lane Mountain milkvetch
  • Astragalus johannis-howellii
    Astragalus johannis-howellii

    Astragalus johannis-howellii is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Long Valley milkvetch. It is native to eastern California, including Long Valley Caldera in Mono County, California, and its distribution extends over the border into Nevada....
     - Long Valley milkvetch
  • Astragalus kentrophyta
    Astragalus kentrophyta

    Astragalus kentrophyta is a species of Astragalus known by the common name spiny milkvetch. It is native to western North America from central Canada to California to New Mexico....
     - Spiny milkvetch
  • Astragalus layneae
    Astragalus layneae

    Astragalus layneae is a species of Astragalus known by the common name widow's milkvetch. It is native to the Mojave Desert and surrounding mountain ridges in the southwestern United States....
     - Widow's milkvetch
  • Astragalus lemmonii
    Astragalus lemmonii

    Lemmon?s milkvetch is a rare species of eastern California. It is a member of the bean family, the Leguminosae , and specifically a member of the subfamily Papilionoideae ....
     - Lemmon's milk-vetch
  • Astragalus lentiformis
    Astragalus lentiformis

    Astragalus lentiformis is a species of Astragalus known by the common name lens-pod milkvetch. It is Endemism to eastern Plumas County, California, where it grows in scrub and temperate coniferous forest....
     - Lens pod milkvetch
  • Astragalus lentiginosus
    Astragalus lentiginosus

    Astragalus lentiginosus is a species of Fabaceae known by the common name freckled milkvetch. It is native to western North America where it grows in many habitat types....
     - Freckled milk-vetch
  • Astragalus leontinus
  • Astragalus leucolobus
    Astragalus leucolobus

    Astragalus leucolobus is a species of Astragalus known by the common names Bear Valley milkvetch and Bear Valley woollypod. It is Endemism to the mountain ranges of southern California, where it is known from scattered occurrences in the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, and San Jacinto Mountains....
     - Bear Valley woollypod, Bear Valley milkvetch
  • Astragalus lusitanicus
  • Astragalus lotoides
  • Astragalus malacus
    Astragalus malacus

    Astragalus malacus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name shaggy milkvetch. It is native to the Great Basin in the western United States....
     - Shaggy milkvetch
  • Astragalus massiliensis
  • Astragalus membranaceus - (syn. A. propinquus) Huang qi in Chinese
  • Astragalus miguelensis
    Astragalus miguelensis

    Astragalus miguelensis is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name San Miguel milkvetch. It is Endemism to five of the eight Channel Islands of California....
     - San Miguel milkvetch
  • Astragalus missouriensis - Missouri milk-vetch
  • Astragalus mohavensis
    Astragalus mohavensis

    Astragalus mohavensis is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Mojave milkvetch. It is native to the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada....
     - Mojave milkvetch
  • Astragalus monoensis
    Astragalus monoensis

    Astragalus monoensis is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name Mono milkvetch. It is Endemism to the open pumice plains of central Mono County, California....
     - Mono milkvetch
  • Astragalus monspessulanus
  • Astragalus naturitensis - Naturita milk-vetch
  • Astragalus nevinii
    Astragalus nevinii

    Astragalus nevinii is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name San Clemente Island milkvetch. It is Endemism to San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California....
     - San Clemente Island milkvetch
  • Astragalus newberryi
    Astragalus newberryi

    Astragalus newberryi , is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the southwestern United States in the Death Valley area and the eastern Mojave Desert....
     - Newberry's milk-vetch
  • Astragalus norvegicus
  • Astragalus nutans
    Astragalus nutans

    Astragalus nutans is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Providence Mountains milkvetch. It is Endemism to the deserts of eastern California, where it was named for the local Providence Mountains....
     - Providence Mountains milkvetch
  • Astragalus nuttallianus
    Astragalus nuttallianus

    Astragalus nuttallianus is a species of Astragalus known by the common names smallflower milkvetch and turkeypeas. It is native to the southwestern and south central United States and northern Mexico, where it can be found in many types of habitat, often in dry areas....
     - Smallflowered milkvetch
  • Astragalus nuttallii
    Astragalus nuttallii

    Astragalus nuttallii is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Nuttall's milkvetch. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in the sandy soils of coastal habitat....
     - Nuttall's milk-vetch
  • Astragalus obscurus
    Astragalus obscurus

    Astragalus obscurus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name arcane milkvetch. It is native to the northwestern United States of Idaho and Oregon and northern parts of Nevada and California....
     - Arcane milkvetch
  • Astragalus onobrychis
  • Astragalus oocarpus
    Astragalus oocarpus

    Astragalus oocarpus is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common names San Diego milkvetch and Descanso milkvetch. It is Endemism to southern California, where it is known only from the Peninsular Ranges of San Diego County, California....
     - Descanso milkvetch, San Diego milkvetch
  • Astragalus oophorus
    Astragalus oophorus

    Astragalus oophorus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name egg milkvetch. It is native to the western United States, mainly California and Nevada, though one variety can be found as far east as Colorado....
     - Egg milkvetch
  • Astragalus oxyphysus
    Astragalus oxyphysus

    Astragalus oxyphysus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Mt. Diablo milkvetch. It is Endemism to central California, where it grows in dry grassland and scrub habitat in the Central Valley and the adjacent California Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada ....
     - Mt. Diablo milkvetch
  • Astragalus pachypus
    Astragalus pachypus

    Astragalus pachypus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name thickpod milkvetch. It is Endemism to California, where it is known from many types of open habitat across the southern half of the state....
     - Thickpod milkvetch
  • Astragalus panamintensis
    Astragalus panamintensis

    Astragalus panamintensis is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Panamint milkvetch. It is Endemism to Inyo County, California, where it is native to the Panamint Range....
     - Panamint milkvetch
  • Astragalus pauperculus
    Astragalus pauperculus

    Astragalus pauperculus is an uncommon species of Astragalus known by the common name depauperate milkvetch. It is Endemism to northern California, where it is known from the northern Sacramento Valley and the lowest reaches of the Cascade Range adjacent....
     - Depauperate milkvetch
  • Astragalus penduliflorus
  • Astragalus platytropis
    Astragalus platytropis

    Astragalus platytropis is a species of Astragalus known by the common name broadkeel milkvetch. It is native to the western United States from Montana to California, where it lives at high elevation in Alpine climate and subalpine plant communities....
     - Broadkeel milkvetch
  • Astragalus pomonensis
    Astragalus pomonensis

    Astragalus pomonensis is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Pomona milkvetch. It is native to Baja California and southern California, where it can be found in a number of coastal habitats, including the California Coast Ranges....
     - Pomona milkvetch
  • Astragalus propinquus
    Astragalus propinquus

    Astragalus propinquus also known as hu?ng q? or bei q? , hu?ng hua hu?ng q? , is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae....
     (syn. A. membranaceus) - Huang qi
  • Astragalus pseudiodanthus
    Astragalus pseudiodanthus

    Astragalus pseudiodanthus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Tonopah milkvetch. It is native to the deserts of Nevada and eastern California, where it grows in sandy habitat....
     - Tonopah milkvetch
  • Astragalus pulsiferae
    Astragalus pulsiferae

    Astragalus pulsiferae is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Ames' milkvetch. It is native to California and Nevada, and it is known but rare in Washington....
     - Ames' milkvetch
  • Astragalus purshii
    Astragalus purshii

    Astragalus purshii is a species of Astragalus known by the common names woollypod milkvetch and Pursh's milkvetch. It is native to much of western North America, including the southwestern provinces of Canada and the northwestern United States, where it is known from many types of habitat....
     - Pursh's milk-vetch, Woolly-pod milk-vetch
  • Astragalus pycnostachyus
    Astragalus pycnostachyus

    Astragalus pycnostachyus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name marsh milkvetch. It is Endemism to the coastline of California, where it grows in wet saline habitat such as marshes....
     - Marsh milkvetch
  • Astragalus rattanii
    Astragalus rattanii

    Astragalus rattanii is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Rattan's milkvetch. It is Endemism to northern California, where it grows in the California Coast Ranges....
     - Rattan's milkvetch
  • Astragalus sabulonum
    Astragalus sabulonum

    Astragalus sabulonum is a species of Astragalus known by the common name gravel milkvetch. It is native to the southwestern United States from desert to mountain habitat....
     - Gravel milkvetch
  • Astragalus sclerocarpus - Sicklepod milk-vetch
  • Astragalus sempervirens
  • Astragalus shevockii
    Astragalus shevockii

    Astragalus shevockii is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common names Little Kern milkvetch and Shevock's milkvetch. It is Endemism to Tulare County, California, where it grows in the Sierra Nevada , generally on granite soils in Jeffrey Pine forests....
     - Shevock's milkvetch, Little Kern milkvetch
  • Astragalus shinanensis
  • Astragalus shiroumaensis
  • Astragalus sirinicus
  • Astragalus spatulatus - Tufted milk-vetch, Draba milk-vetch
  • Astragalus subvestitus
    Astragalus subvestitus

    Astragalus subvestitus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Kern County milkvetch. It is Endemism to California, where it grows in sagebrush habitat on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada in Kern County, California and Tulare County, California....
     - Kern County milkvetch
  • Astragalus tener
    Astragalus tener

    Astragalus tener is a species of Astragalus known by the common name alkali milkvetch. It is Endemism to California, where it grows in coastal and inland areas, especially in moist places....
     - Alkali milkvetch
  • Astragalus tennesseensis - Tennessee milk vetch
  • Astragalus tidestromii
    Astragalus tidestromii

    Astragalus tidestromii is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Tidestr?m's milkvetch. It is native to the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada, where it grows in limestone gravel soils....
     - Tidestrųm's milkvetch
  • Astragalus traskiae
    Astragalus traskiae

    Astragalus traskiae is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name Trask's milkvetch. It is Endemism to the Channel Islands of California, where it is known only from Santa Barbara Island and San Nicolas Island....
     - Trask's milkvetch
  • Astragalus tricarinatus
    Astragalus tricarinatus

    Astragalus tricarinatus is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name triplerib milkvetch, or triple-ribbed milkvetch....
     - Triple-ribbed milkvetch
  • Astragalus trichopodus
    Astragalus trichopodus

    Astragalus trichopodus is a species of Faboideae known by the common name Santa Barbara milk vetch. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in several types of open habitat....
     - Santa Barbara milk-vetch
  • Astragalus tridactylus - Foothill milk-vetch
  • Astragalus tragacanthus
  • Astragalus umbraticus
    Astragalus umbraticus

    Astragalus umbraticus is a species of Astragalus known by the common name Bald Mountain milkvetch. It is native to western Oregon and northwestern California, where it grows in the woodlands of the coastal mountain ranges....
     - Bald Mountain milkvetch
  • Astragalus vogelii
  • Astragalus webberi
    Astragalus webberi

    Astragalus webberi is a rare species of Astragalus known by the common name Webber's milkvetch. It is Endemism to the forests of mountainous Plumas County, California....
     - Webber's milkvetch
  • Astragalus whitneyi
    Astragalus whitneyi

    Atragalus whitneyi is a species of Faboideae known by the common name Balloon-pod milk-vetch or Balloon milk-vetch. It is a native to the Cascade Range and is unusual for its bright red balloon-like pods....
     - Balloon-pod milk-vetch


External references

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  • This fact sheet from the U.S. National Institutes of Health provides basic information about astragalus--common names, uses, potential side effects, and resources for more information.