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Astragalus is a large genus of over 3,000 species [2] of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. [ 3 ]
Astragalus may refer to: Astragalus, a large genus of herbs and small shrubs; Astragalus (bone), the talus or ankle bone; See also. ...
Astragalus mongholicus, synonyms including Astragalus propinquus and Astragalus membranaceus, [1] commonly known as Mongolian milkvetch in English; [2] 'Хунчир' in Mongolian; huáng qí (Chinese: 黃芪), běi qí (Chinese: 北 芪) or huáng huā huáng qí (Chinese: 黃花 黃 耆), [3] in Mongolia, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.
Astragalus succumbens is a small- to medium-sized sprawling plant with compound leaves, bearing erect racemes of flowers that are usually light pink. It grows from a long taproot and forms multiple stems with alternate compound leaves, each up to about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and with multiple paired leaflets and one terminal leaflet.
As of April 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted over 3,000 species in the genus Astragalus. [1] A Astragalus ... (orth. var. Astragalus applegatii) [2]
Astragalus australis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Indian milkvetch. It is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including northern North America, Europe, and temperate Asia.
Astragalus danicus ranges across Europe from Ireland and subarctic Russia south to the Alps and central Ukraine. [3] It grows on short, unimproved and dry grassland, usually over limestone or chalk, but can also be found on sand dunes, sandstone sea cliffs, machair and over mica-schist. Rarely it has been found on woodland rides and firing ranges.
Astragalus albens is an annual or perennial herb producing a prostrate mat of delicate stems coated densely in silvery hairs. The leaves are generally a few centimeters long and made up of several gray-green oval-shaped leaflets less than a centimeter long each.