Astragalus praelongus

Astragalus praelongus (stinking milkvetch) is a perennial plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.[1]:43 It's fleshy seedpods become woody with age.[1]:43 It grows in soils containing selenium.[1]:43

Astragalus praelongus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. praelongus
Binomial name
Astragalus praelongus
E.Sheld.

A. praelongus var. ellisiae was named for Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis, who collected the holotype specimen in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico near where she lived.[2]

References

  1. Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7
  2. Eugene Jercinovic (February 21, 2008). "Charlotte Ellis of the Sandia Mountains" (PDF). The New Mexico Botanist.


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