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Astragalus wingatanus
Astragalus wingatanus, commonly known as the Fort Wingate milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a perennial herb with white and purple flowers, and black or dark brown seeds.
The species is native to the deserts and dry shrublands of the south-western United States, and was described in 1883. Its conservation status is Secure.
Astragalus wingatanus is native to the deserts and dry shrublands of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, in the western United States. It grows on sandy hills, below cliffs, on open flats, and in oak thickets and pinyon–juniper woodlands. The species is present at elevations of 5,000–7,500 feet (1,500–2,300 m).
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 wingatanus 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.
