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Elegant milkvetch

Astragalus eucosmus

Also called Fernald's Milk Vetch, Elegant Milk Vetch, Pretty Milk Vetch, Pretty Milkvetch

Elegant milkvetch
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Siberia to Russian Far East, Subarctic America to N. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Astragalus eucosmus, commonly known as elegant milkvetch or pretty milkvetch, is a species of milkvetch in the legume family.

Where it grows

Astragalus eucosmus is found in a continuous distribution across almost every Canadian province and into the Rocky Mountains of the western United States.

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 eucosmus 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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