Taxon: Astragalus racemosus Pursh

Genus:

Astragalus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Subtribe:

Astragalinae

Nomen number:

5863

Place of publication:

Fl. Amer. sept. 2:740. 1813

Link to protologue:

Comment:

for date of this publication see Taxon 57:305. 2008

Typification:

Name Verified on:

28-oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 18-may-2017

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

alkali milk-vetch (Source: F Utah) - English

Economic Importance:

Vertebrate poisons: mammals (to livestock via selenium poisoning fide Kingsbury)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.)]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (w.), Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma (w.), South Dakota]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (e.), Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (e.), Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Utah (n.e.)]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi (w.)]

References:

Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part I. The Phacoid and Homaloboid Astragali Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:416.
Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 (Kingsbury)
Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. (F Utah)

Check other web resources for Astragalus racemosus Pursh :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

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=5863. Accessed 11 mayo 2024.