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Taxon: Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don

 
Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Nomen number: 5705
Place of publication: Gen. hist. 2:258. 1832
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 25-Jan-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Common names:

  • field milk-vetch  (Source: F Utah) - English
  • purple milk-vetch  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
  • astragale rustique  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Gorno-Altay, Khakassia, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk]
    • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
    • MONGOLIA: Mongolia

    Northern America
    • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territories, Yukon]
    • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario (n.e.)]
    • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
    • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Iowa (n.w.), Minnesota (w.), Nebraska (w.), North Dakota, South Dakota]
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (n.), Nevada, Utah]


References:

  1. Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part II. The Cercidothrix, Hypoglottis, Piptolodoid, Trimeniaeus and Orophaca Astragali. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:620.
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  3. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 148.
  4. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  5. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains.
  6. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  7. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9.
  8. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia

Check other web resources for Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G. Don :

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=5705. Accessed 9 May 2024.