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Arizona milkvetch

Astragalus arizonicus

Arizona milkvetch
Photo: Steven K. Sullivan, CC BY 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Arizona to Mexico (N. Sonora)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Astragalus arizonicus is a species of milkvetch in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Arizona and New Mexico.

Where it grows

It has a global rank of G4, which means that it is not endangered. Although, this has not been updated since 1991. It can be found on stony hillsides, alluvial fans, washes, and canyon beds.

Other Astragalus plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astragalus arizonicus 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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