Biology:Astragalus miser

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Astragalus miser
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Close-up of flowers
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Habit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. miser
Binomial name
Astragalus miser
Douglas ex Hook.
Synonyms[2]

Astragalus miser, the timber milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.[3] A perennial, it is native to western North America, except California.[2] One of the locoweeds toxic to livestock, it contains miserotoxin.[4]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:[2]

  • Astragalus miser var. crispatus (M.E.Jones) Cronquist – Idaho, Montana
  • Astragalus miser var. decumbens (Nutt.) Cronquist – Montana, Wyoming
  • Astragalus miser var. hylophilus (Rydb.) Barneby – Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota
  • Astragalus miser var. miser – British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
  • Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius (Rydb.) Cronquist – Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico
  • Astragalus miser var. praeteritus Barneby – Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
  • Astragalus miser var. serotinus (A.Gray ex E.Cooper) Barneby – Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
  • Astragalus miser var. tenuifolius (Nutt.) Barneby – Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming

References

  1. Contu, S. (2012). "Astragalus miser". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19893117A20016896. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19893117A20016896.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19893117/20016896. Retrieved 8 November 2023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Astragalus miser Douglas ex Hook." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/478687-1. 
  3. Marcus, Joseph A. (27 June 2023). "Astragalus miser Douglas ex Hook.". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASMI9. 
  4. Stermitz, Frank R.; Norris, Frank A.; Williams, Miles Coburn (1969). "Miserotoxin, new naturally occurring nitro compound". Journal of the American Chemical Society 91 (16): 4599–4600. doi:10.1021/ja01044a078. 

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