Taxon: Astragalus mollissimus Torr.

 
Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Nomen number: 310123
Place of publication: Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2:178. 1827 (Acct. pl. Rocky Mts.)
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 01-sep-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 05-jul-2011
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • crazyweed  (Source: F Tex) - English
  • purple locoweed  (Source: F Tex) - English
  • woolly locoweed  (Source: Mem NYBG) - English

Economic Importance:

  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals (to livestock fide Mem NYBG 13:736. 1964; Kingsbury)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (w.), Nebraska (w. & s.-c.), Oklahoma (w.), South Dakota (s.w.)]
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Wyoming (s.e.)]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (s.e. & c.), Texas]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (n.e.), Nevada (s.e.), Utah]
    • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas]
    • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Federal District]
    • Mexico (n. & c.)


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. 13:733.
  2. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970 (F Tex)
  3. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 (Kingsbury)

Check other web resources for Astragalus mollissimus Torr. :

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=310123. Accessed 11 mayo 2024.