Taxon: Astragalus lentiginosus Douglas

 
Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Nomen number: 300058
Place of publication: W. J. Hooker, Fl. bor.-amer. 1:151. 1831
Link to protologue:
Comments:
  • • authorship verified from original literature
  • • both the name and its validating diagnosis were simultaneously ascribed to Douglas, so he is the author of the name (see Melbourne ICN Art. 46, Ex. 9)
Typification:
Name Verified on: 02-feb-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 21-may-2013
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • freckled milk-vetch  (Source: F Utah) - English

Economic Importance:

  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals (to livestock fide Kingsbury, including A. diphysus)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia (s.)]
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
    • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua (n.), Sonora (n.), Baja Norte (e.)]


References:

  1. Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part II. The Cercidothrix, Hypoglottis, Piptolodoid, Trimeniaeus and Orophaca Astragali Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:917.
  2. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 (Kingsbury)
  3. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. (F Utah)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300058. Accessed 10 mayo 2024.