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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 leptaleus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name park milkvetch. It is native to the Rocky Mountains of the United States, [3] where it occurs in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. [4] This rhizomatous perennial herb grows from a taproot and underground branching caudex unit. It has one or ...
Astragalus may refer to: Astragalus, a large genus of herbs and small shrubs; Astragalus (bone), the talus or ankle bone; See also. ...
Astragalus miser, the timber milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [4] A perennial, it is native to western North America, except California. [ 3 ] One of the locoweeds toxic to livestock, it contains miserotoxin .
Replica Roman astragali Astragali used for gaming in Mongolia. Astragalomancy, also known as cubomancy [1] or astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses dice specially marked with letters or numbers.
Astragalus limnocharis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to Utah. [1] It was first described by Rupert Charles Barneby in 1946. [2 ...
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.
Astragalus scaphoides is a perennial herbaceous plant, with pinnate leaves. The pale yellow flowers open in May and are visited by several species of bumblebees and solitary bees, including species from the genera Osmia and Anthophora. Plants can be found near Lemhi Pass on the Montana-Idaho border, and near Bannack State Park in Montana.