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Alpine milkvetch

Astragalus alpinus

Also called Alpine Milk Vetch

Alpine milkvetch
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Subarctic and Subalpine Northern Hemisphere
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Astragalus alpinus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name alpine milkvetch. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the upper latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.

Where it grows

It is widespread in Eurasia. In North America it occurs from Alaska to Newfoundland and as far south as Nevada and New Mexico.

Other Astragalus plants

Astragalus aboriginum · Rogue River milkvetch · Sharp-leaved Milk Vetch · Sharpkeel milkvetch · Humboldt County milkvetch · Purple milkvetch · Cushenbury milkvetch · Astragalus alopecurus · Crescent milkvetch · Hermit Milkvetch · Anderson's milkvetch · San Quintin Dune Milkvetch

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astragalus alpinus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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