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Providence Mountain milkvetch

Astragalus nutans

Also called Providence Mountains Milkvetch, Chuckwalla Milkvetch

Providence Mountain milkvetch
Photo: Tasha La Doux, NPS, Public domain
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
SE. California
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Astragalus nutans is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Providence Mountains milkvetch.

Where it grows

It is endemic to the Mojave Desert of eastern California, where it was named for the local Providence Mountains in the Mojave National Preserve.

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 nutans 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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