Biology:Astragalus anserinus
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Short description: Species of legume
| Goose Creek milkvetch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Astragalus |
| Species: | A. anserinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Astragalus anserinus Atwood, Goodrich, & Welch
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Astragalus anserinus, also called the Goose Creek milkvetch, is a member of the genus Astragalus that is listed as a candidate species under the Endangered Species Act. It grows in a 10-square-mile (26 km2) area of the Goose Watershed of the Upper Snake Basin in Idaho, Nevada and Utah.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe. 2022. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.146621.
- ↑ John Platt (Sep 14, 2009). "Rare plant worthy of Endangered Species Act protection--But won't get it". Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=rare-plant-worthy-of-endangered-spe-2009-09-14.
- ↑ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (September 10, 2009). "Milkvetch Warrants Endangered Species Act Protection But Listing Precluded By Other Priorities". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=A4358087-B34B-A745-63560637880B35B8.
- ↑ "USDA Plants Database". https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ASAN7.
External links
- The Nature Conservancy[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- Atwood, N. D., et al. (1984). New Astragalus (Leguminosae) from the Goose Creek drainage Utah-Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist.
Wikidata ☰ Q4811197 entry
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