Taxon: Astragalus wootonii E. Sheld.

 
Genus: Astragalus
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Nomen number: 404224
Place of publication: Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1:138. 1894 "wootoni"
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 18-ene-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 22-dic-2004
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • Wooton's milk-vetch  (Source: Mem NYBG) - English

Economic Importance:

  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals (to livestock fide F Tex; Mem NYBG 13:869. 1964; Kingsbury)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (San Bernardino Co. (e.))]
    • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila (w.), Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora (n.), Tamaulipas, Zacatecas (n.w.)]
    • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz, Federal District]


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. 13:866.
  2. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 (Kingsbury)
  3. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983- (F NGalicia)

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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=404224. Accessed 11 mayo 2024.