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Taxon: Astragalus tenellus Pursh

 
Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Nomen number: 5896
Place of publication: Fl. Amer. sept. 2:473. 1813
Link to protologue:
Comment: for date of this publication see Taxon 57:305. 2008
Name Verified on: 28-Oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • pulse milk-vetch  (Source: F GPlains) - English

Distributional Range:

    Native

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


References:

  1. Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part I. The Phacoid and Homaloboid Astragali. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:347.
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  3. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  4. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  5. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9.

Check other web resources for Astragalus tenellus Pursh :

  • 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=5896. Accessed 9 May 2024.