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Astragalus racemosus
Also called Alkali Milk Vetch, Cream Milk Vetch, Creamy Milk Vetch, Racemose Milk Vetch, Racemose Milkvetch, Alkali Poisonvetch, Creamy Loco
Cream milkvetch is a native North American perennial wildflower in the pea family, known as a selenium hyperaccumulator and one of the locoweeds. It is grown mainly for native or restoration plantings rather than as a garden ornamental.
Astragalus racemosus, the cream milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to central North America. A selenium hyperaccumulator, it is considered capable of poisoning livestock as one of the locoweeds.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astragalus racemosus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
