Astragalus flavus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Astragalus

Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs . Leaf paripinnate or imparipinnate , rarely unifoliolate or digitately trifoliolate ; leaflets entire, stipels absent; stipulate . Inflorescence racemose, spicate umbellate or solitary; peduncles generally axillary . Flowers bracteate ; bracteoles present or absent; pedicellate or sessile, violet or purple to white or pale yellow. Calyx tubular , teeth subequal . Vexillum ovate , obovate , oblong , panduriform or sometimes appendiculate Wing and keel generally with long claws . Stamens diadelphous , vexillary stamen free, rest (9) united , anthers uniform . Ovary sessile or stipitate , glabrous or pubescent ; style straight or incurved , stigma mostly terminal , sometimes penicillate . Fruit sessile or stipitate, 2-valved, unilocular , partly or completely bilocular by an intrusive membrane . Seed often reniform .

Astragalus is one of the biggest Angiospermous genera with about 1600 species widely distributed in the Old and the New World. In Pakistan it is represented by about 135 species.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,998 meters (0 to 9,836 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Astragalus confertiflorus var. flaviflorus (Kuntze)m. E. Jones • Astragalus flaviflorus (Kuntze)e. Sheld. • Astragalus nuttallianus Speg. • Cnemidophacos flavus (Torr. & A. Gray)rydb. • Phaca flava Hook. & Arn.

Notes

Publishing author : E.Sheld.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Astragalus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 667 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aboriginum (Indian Milk-Vetch) · A. aboriginum var. aboriginum (Indian Milk-Vetch) · A. accidens (Rogue River Milk-Vetch) · A. accidens var. accidens (Rogue River Milkvetch) · A. accidens var. hendersonii (Henderson's Milkvetch) · A. accumbens (Zuni Milk-Vetch) · A. ackermanii (Ackerman's Milk-Vetch) · A. acutirostris (Beaked Milk-Vetch) · A. adanus (Boise Milkvetch) · A. adsurgens (Rattle Milk-Vetch) · A. adsurgens var. tananaicus (Standing Milkvetch) · A. aequalis (Clokey Milk-Vetch) · A. agnicidus (Humboldt County Milkvetch) · A. agrestis (Cock's-Head) · A. albens (Cushenbury Milk-Vetch) · A. albulus (Cibola Milkvetch) · A. allochrous (Halfmoon Milkvetch) · A. allochrous var. playanus (Halfmoon Milkvetch) · A. allotricholobus (Astragal Inachevolosistobobovy) · A. alopecurus (Fuchsschwanz Tragant) · A. alpinus (Alpen Tragant) · A. alpinus alpinus (Alpine Milkvetch) · A. alpinus alpinus var. alpinus (Alpine Milkvetch) · A. alpinus var. brunetianus (Alpine Milk-Vetch) · A. alpinus subsp. alaskanus (Astragal Alpiyski Alaskinski) · A. alpinus subsp. arcticus (Astragal Alpiyski Arkticheski) · A. altus (Tall Milkvetch) · A. alvordensis (Alvord Milk-Vetch) · A. amblytropis (Challis Milk-Vetch) · A. americanus (American Milk-Vetch) · A. amnis-amissi (Custer Milkvetch) · A. amphioxys (Crescent Milkvetch) · A. amphioxys var. amphioxys (Crescent Milkvetch) · A. amphioxys var. modestus (Crescent Milkvetch) · A. amphioxys var. vespertinus (Aladdin Slippers) · A. ampullarius (Gumbo Milkvetch) · A. andersonii (Anderson's Milkvetch) · A. anisus (Gunnison Milkvetch) · A. anserinus (Goose Creek Milkvetch) · A. anxius (Troubled Milkvetch) · A. applegatei (Applegate's Milk-Vetch) · A. aquilonius (Lemhi Milk-Vetch) · A. arenarius (Arenarious Milk-Vetch) · A. argophyllus (Dana Milkvetch) · A. argophyllus var. argophyllus (Silverleaf Milkvetch) · A. argophyllus var. martinii (Silver-Leaf Milkvetch) · A. argophyllus var. panguicensis (Silverleaf Milkvetch) · A. aridus (Annual Desert Milkvetch) · A. arizonicus (Arizona Locoweed) · A. arrectus (Palouse Milk-Vetch) · A. arthurii (Arthur Milk-Vetch) · A. asclepiadoides (Bird Milk-Vetch) · A. asymmetricus (Horse Locoweed) · A. atratus (Darwin Mesa Milkvetch) · A. atratus var. atratus (Mourning Milkvetch) · A. atratus var. inseptus (Fairfield Milkvetch) · A. atratus var. owyheensis (Owyhee Milk-Vetch) · A. atropubescens (Hangingpod Milkvetch) · A. austiniae (Austin Milk-Vetch) · A. australis (Indian Milk-Vetch) · A. beathii (Beath Milk-Vetch) · A. beatleyae (Beatley Milk-Vetch) · A. beckwithii (Beckwith's Milk-Vetch) · A. beckwithii var. beckwithii (Beckwith's Milkvetch) · A. beckwithii var. purpureus (Beckwith's Milkvetch) · A. beckwithii var. sulcatus (Beckwith's Milkvetch) · A. beckwithii var. weiserensis (Weiser's Milkvetch) · A. bernardinus (Lesser Threekeel Milkvetch) · A. bibullatus (Guthrie's Ground-Plum) · A. bicristatus (Crested Milkvetch) · A. bisulcatus (Two Groove Milkvetch) · A. bisulcatus var. haydenianus (Hayden Milkvetch) · A. bisulcatus var. major (Twogrooved Milkvetch) · A. bisulcatus var. nevadensis (Nevada Milkvetch) · A. bodinii (Bodin Milkvetch) · A. bodinii var. bodinii (Bodin´s Milk-Vetch) · A. bolanderi (Bolander's Milkvetch) · A. bourgovii (Bourgeau's Milk-Vetch) · A. brandegeei (Brandegee Milk-Vetch) · A. brauntonii (Braunton's Milkvetch) · A. brazoensis (Brazos Milkvetch) · A. breweri (Brewer Milkvetch) · A. californicus (Klamath Basin Milk-Vetch) · A. callithrix (Callaway Milkvetch) · A. calycosus (King's Milkvetch) · A. calycosus var. calycosus (Torrey Milkvetch) · A. calycosus var. mancus (Torrey´s Milk-Vetch) · A. calycosus var. monophyllidius (One-Leaflet Torrey Milk-Vetch) · A. calycosus var. scaposus (Torrey Milkvetch) · A. camptopus (Bruneau Milkvetch) · A. canadensis (Canada Milkvetch) · A. canadensis var. brevidens (Canada Milkvetch) · A. canadensis var. mortonii (Morton's Canadian Milkvetch) · A. caricinus (Buckwheat Milkvetch) · A. casei (Case's Milkvetch) · A. castaneiformis (Chestnut Milk-Vetch) · A. castetteri (Castetter Milk-Vetch) · A. ceramicus (Painted Milk-Vetch) · A. ceramicus var. apus (Painted Milk-Vetch) · A. ceramicus var. ceramicus (Painted Milkvetch)

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Further Reading

• American plants. .. [Descriptions, bibliographical notes, synonymy, and other information, comp. from many sources] Charles Russell Orcutt, editor. San Diego, Calif., [1907]-1910. url p. 494.
• Bibliographical index to North American botany; or, Citations of authorities for all the recorded indigenous and naturalized species of the flora of North America, with a chronological arrangement of the synonymy. by Sereno Watson. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1878. url , p. 193.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 7 1965 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 13, p. 8.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 283, p. 285.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1906 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 200.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 25 1925 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 328, p. 364.
• First report on the flora of Wyoming / Aven Nelson. Laramie: Wyoming Experiment Station, 1896. url p. 210.
• Flora of Colorado, by P. A. Rydberg, PH. D. Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url p. 207.
• Flora of Colorado, by P.A. Rydberg. Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url p. 207.
• Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and neighboring parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and British Columbia, by P.A. Rydberg. .. New York, The author, 1922. url p. 502.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1987 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 363.
• Jones, M. E. Revision of North-American species of Astragalus /by Marcus E. Jones. 1923 Salt Lake City, Utah, 1923. url p. 241.
• Minnesota botanical studies. Minneapolis, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. url p. 158.
• National list of scientific plant names. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1982- url p. 45.
• New manual of botany of the central Rocky mountains (vascular plants) Cincinnati [etc.]American Book Company[c1909] url .
• Rydberg, P. A. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and neighboring parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, and British Columbia /by P. A. Rydberg... 1917 New York: The author, 1917. url p. 502.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 15 1878 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 193.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 41 1981 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 11, p. 157, p. 159, p. 160, p. 240, p. 278, welsh, page 31, p. 348, p. 83, p. 84.
• Zoe:a biological journal. 2 1891 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 228, p. 242, p. 252.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
• The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium
• University of Colorado Museum, Zoological specimens
• Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
• Utah Valley State College
• , Utah Valley State College Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874115
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-10773
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13639257
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1034101-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 405899
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25516
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB0F3G0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ASCOF3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 20895

Footnotes

1. "Astragalus". in Flora of Pakistan page 121. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 953.370 meters (3,127.854 feet), Standard Deviation = 600.540 based on 484 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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