Milk Vetches East of the Cascade Mts.

[The Pea Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Milk-vetches East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Astragalus

Tygh Valley Milkvetch, Tygh Valley Milk-vetch: Astragalus tyghensis (Synonym: Astragalus spaldingii var. tyghensis)

Unidentified Milk-vetch: possibly Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus (Synonym: A. reventus var. conjunctus) or Astragalus reventus (Synonym: A. reventus var. reventus)

1. Standing Milk-vetch: Astragalus adsurgens -

2. Field Milk-vetch, Purple Milk-vetch, Cock's-head: Astragalus agrestis -

3. Alpine Milk-vetch, Purple Milk-vetch: Astragalus alpinus var. alpinus -

4. Alvord Milk-vetch: Astragalus alvordensis -

5. Applegate's Milkvetch: Astragalus applegatei -

6. Palouse Milk-vetch, Hangingpod Milk-vetch: Astragalus arrectus -

7. Arthur's Milk-vetch, Waha Milk-vetch: Astragalus arthurii -

8. Mourning Milk-vetch: Astragalus atratus var. owyheensis -

9. Indian Milkvetch: Astragalus australis var. glabriusculus -

10. Beckwith's Milk-vetch: Astragalus beckwithii var. weiserensis -

11. Torrey's Milk-vetch, Matted Milk-vetch: Astragalus calycosus var. calycosus -

12. Canada Milk-vetch, Canadian Milk-vetch: Astragalus canadensis var. brevidens -

13. Canada Milk-vetch, Canadian Milk-vetch: Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis -

14. Canada Milkvetch, Canadian Milk-vetch: Astragalus canadensis var. mortonii -

15. Cicer Milk-vetch, Chickpea Milk-vetch: Astragalus cicer -

16. Hill Milk-vetch, Hilside Milk-vetch: Astragalus collinus var. collinus -

17. Hill Milk-vetch, Hilside Milk-vetch: Astragalus collinus var. laurentii -

18. Columbia Milk-vetch, Columbian Milk-vetch: Astragalus columbianus - only near Priest's Rapids ?, Yakima County, WA

19. Basalt Milkvetch, Idaho Milkvetch, Idaho Milk-vetch, Stiff Milk-vetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus (Synonyms: Astragalus diversifolius var. campestris, Astragalus reventus var. conjunctus, Homalobus campestris) -

20. Idaho Milkvetch, Idaho Milk-vetch, Stiff Milk-vetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. rickardii -

21. Sickle Milk-vetch Astragalus curvicarpus (var. brachycodon, var. curvicarpus, var. subglaber) -

22. Cusick's Milk-vetch Astragalus cusickii (var. cusickii, var. sterilis) -

23. John Day Milk-vetch, Transparent Milk-vetch: Astragalus diaphanus var. diaphanus -

24. John Day Milk-vetch, Transparent Milk-vetch: Astragalus diaphanus var. diurnus -

25. Drummond's Milk-vetch: Astragalus drummondii - only OR record at or /near The Dalles, Or

26. Russian Sickle Milk-vetch: Astragalus falcatus - introduced to SE WA from the Caucasus

27. Basalt Milk-vetch, Threadstalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes -

28. Geyer's Milk-vetch: Astragalus geyeri var. geyeri -

29. Hood River Milk-vetch: Astragalus hoodianus -

30. Howell's Milkvetch, Howell's Milk-vetch, Pauper Milkvetch: Astragalus howellii (Synonym: Astragalus misellus var. pauper) -

31. Bent Milk-vetch, Hairy Milk-vetch: Astragalus inflexus -

32. Humboldt River Milk-vetch: Astragalus iodanthus var. diaphanoides -

33. Humboldt River Milk-vetch: Astragalus iodanthus var. iodanthus -

34. Thistle Milk-vetch, Kentrophyta: Astragalus kentrophyta var. jessiae -

35. Thistle Milk-vetch, Kentrophyta: Astragalus kentrophyta var. tegetarius -

36. Leiberg's Milk-vetch: Astragalus leibergii -

37. Lemmon's Milk-vetch: Astragalus lemmonii -

38. Freckled Milkvetch, Freckled Milk-vetch, Specklepod Milkvetch, Specklepod Milk-vetch: Astragalus lentiginosus (var. chartaceus, var. floribundus, var. lentiginosus, var. salinus) -

39. Lyall's Milk-vetch: Astragalus lyallii var. caricinus (or Astragalus caricinus) -

40. Shaggy Milk-vetch: Astragalus malacus -

41. Dwarf Milk-vetch, Lesser-bladder Milk-vetch: Astragalus microcystis -

42. Pauper Milk-vetch: Astragalus misellus var. misellus -

43. Pauper Milk-vetch: Astragalus misellus var. pauper -

44. Timber Milkvetch, Timber Milk-vetch, Weedy Milk-vetch: Astragalus miser var. miser (Synonym: Astragalus strigosus) -

45. Timber Milkvetch, Weedy Milkvetch: Astragalus miser var. serotinus (Synonyms: Astragalus decumbens var. serotinus, Astragalus serotinus) -

46. Mulford's Milk-vetch: Astragalus mulfordiae -

47. Newberry's Milk-vetch Astragalus newberryi var. castoreus -

48. Cobblestone Milk-vetch: Astragalus nudisiliquus -

49. Arcane Milk-vetch: Astragalus obscurus -

50. Peck's Milk-vetch: Astragalus peckii -

51. Broadkeel Milkvetch: Astragalus platytropis -

52. Suksdorf's Milk-vetch, Ame's Milk-vetch: Astragalus pulsiferae var. suksdorfii - Klickitat County, WA

53. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch Astragalus purshii (var. glareosus, var. lagopinus, var. ophiogenes, var. purshii, var. tinctus) -

54. Yakima Milk-vetch Astragalus reventiformis -

55. Blue Mt. Locoweed, Long-leaf Locoweed Astragalus reventus -

56. Piper's Milk-vetch, Woodyroot Milk-vetch: Astragalus riparius -

57. Robbins' Milk-vetch: Astragalus robbinsii var. alpiniformis - ?

58. Robbins' Milk-vetch: Astragalus robbinsii var. minor -

59. Salmon Milk-vetch, Trout Creek Milk-vetch: Astragalus salmonis -

60. The Dalles Milk-vetch, Woody-pod Milk-vetch, Stalked-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus sclerocarpus -

61. Sheldon's Milk-vetch: Astragalus sheldonii -

62. Whited's Milk-vetch: Astragalus sinuatus -

63. Lonesome Milk-vetch: Astraglus solitarius -

64. Spalding's Milk-vetch: Astragalus spaldingii -

65. Curvepod Milk-vetch, Threadstalk Milk-vetch, Medic Milk-vetch, spiral-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus speirocarpus -

66. Columbia Milk-vetch, Sprawling Milk-vetch, Crouching Milk-vetch: Astragalus succumbens -

67. Bastard Kentrophyta, Deschutes Milk-vetch: Astragalus tegetarioides -

68. Four-winged Milk-vetch: Astragalus tetrapterus -

69. Toano Milk-vetch: Astragalus toanus -

70. Tweedy's Milk-vetch: Astragalus tweedyi -

71. Tygh Valley Milkvetch, Tygh Valley Milk-vetch: Astragalus tyghensis (Synonym: Astragalus spaldingii var. tyghensis) -

72. Snake Canyon Milk-vetch: Astragalus vallaris -

73. Balloon Milkvetch, Cone-like Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus -

74. Balloon Milk-vetch, Balloonpod Milkvetch, Balloon-pod Milk-vetch, Whitney's Balloon Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. sonneanus (Synonym: Astragalus whitneyi ssp. hookerianus) - Additional photos of balloon milk-vetch

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