Biology:Astragalus obscurus

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Short description: Species of legume


Astragalus obscurus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. obscurus
Binomial name
Astragalus obscurus
S.Wats.

Astragalus obscurus is a species of milkvetch known by the common name arcane milkvetch. It is native to the northwestern United States in Idaho and Oregon and northern parts of Nevada and California . It is a plant of rocky areas in mountains and Great Basin plateaus. This is a small, mat-forming perennial herb with tufts of hairy stems approaching a maximum length of 15 centimeters. The leaves are up to 10 centimeters long and made up of thick oval-shaped leaflets. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of 5 to 15 off-white to faintly lilac-tinted flowers, each less than a centimeter long. The fruit is a narrow, leathery legume pod held upright in the infructescence. It may reach 2.5 centimeters in length and usually has two chambers inside.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4811272 entry