[The Pea Family in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Locoweeds and Milkvetches of the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest

The Genus Astragalus

Torrey's Milkvetch: Astragalus calycosus var. scaposus

Torrey's Milkvetch: Astragalus claycosus var. scaposus

The following is a very brief listing of the milkvetches of the american southwest:

Halfmoon Milkvetch: Astragalus allochrous var. allochrous

Halfmoon Milkvetch: Astragalus allochrous var. playanus

Torrey's Milkvetch: Astragalus calycosus var. calycosus (Synonym: Astragalus calycosus var. mancus)

Torrey's Milkvetch: Astragalus calycosus var. scaposus

Salton Milkvetch, Salton Milk Vetch: Astragalus crotalariae

Groundcover Milkvetch, Villous Groundcover Milkvetch, Locoweed: Astragalus humistratus (Synonyms: Astragalus datilensis, Batidophaca humistrata, Pisophaca datilensis, Tium humistratum, Tragacantha humistrata)

Borrego Milkvetch, Borrego Milk-vetch: Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus (Synonym: Astragalus lentiginosus var. coulteri)

Palmer's Locoweed, Palmer's Milkvetch, Palmer's Milk Vetch: Astragalus palmeri (Synonym: Astragalus vaseyi)

Ashen Milkvetch, Silverline Locoweed: Astragalus tephrodes var. brachylobus (Synonym: Astragalus arrectus var. pephragmenus)


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