See other conspecific taxa:

• Astragalus alpinus var. alpinus (0 accessions)
• Astragalus alpinus var. brunetianus (0 accessions)

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

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

• (-) Astragalus alpinus subsp. alpinus L.
• (=) Astragalus alpinus subsp. arcticus Lindm.
• (=) Astragalus subpolaris Boriss. & Schischk.

Common names:

• alpine milk-vetch  (Source: F Utah) - English
• fjällvedel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar, Stavropol]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Irkutsk]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kamchatka, Magadan]
• CHINA: China [Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation [Murmansk]
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Italy (Alps), Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (mountains), Spain (Pyrenees)

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territories, Yukon] Greenland (e. (introd.?)), United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Québec]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [South Dakota (w.), Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon (e.), Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (n.)]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Nevada (n.e.), Utah]

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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=5710. Accessed 9 May 2024.