Biology:Astragalus praelongus
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Short description: Species of legume
Astragalus praelongus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Astragalus |
Species: | A. praelongus
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Binomial name | |
Astragalus praelongus E.Sheld.
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Astragalus praelongus (stinking milkvetch) is a perennial plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.[1]:43 It's fleshy seedpods become woody with age.[1]:43 It grows in soils containing selenium.[1]:43
A. praelongus var. ellisiae was named for Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis, who collected the holotype specimen in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico near where she lived.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN:978-0-7627-7013-7
- ↑ Eugene Jercinovic (February 21, 2008). "Charlotte Ellis of the Sandia Mountains". The New Mexico Botanist. http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/rangescienceherbarium/documents/42pdf.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q15523654 entry
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