Astragalus australis
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643fdf052fd96977759338 |
| Scientific name | Astragalus australis |
| Authority | (L.) Lam. |
| First published in | Fl. Franç.2: 637 (1779) |
Description Top
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Astragalus australis, also known as Indian milkvetch, is a flowering plant in the legume family that is native to the Northern Hemisphere. It has spreading and erect stems with leaves covered in gray hairs. The flowers are greenish, white, purplish, or pinkish with green veins and purple tips, and the fruit is a red legume pod containing up to 12 seeds. This plant can be found in various habitats, including the Canadian Arctic and seaside areas. It was used as a food source by indigenous peoples in North America. A rare variety, var. olympicus, is found in the Olympic Mountains of Washington.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Astragalus gerardii | (Vill.) Janka | Természetrajzi Füz.8: 310 (1884) |
| Phaca gerardii | Vill. | Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 43 (1779) |
| Astragalus australis subsp. gerardii | (Vill.) P.Fourn. | |
| Astragalus australis var. balmaeus | Beauverd | Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 456 (1903) |
| Astragalus australis var. bucsecsi | (Jáv.) Gusul. | Fl. Republ. Popul. Române5: 266 (1957) |
| Astragalus australis var. canescens | Beauverd | Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 456 (1903) |
| Astragalus australis var. glaberrimus | Kotula | Distr. Pl. Vasc. Tatr.: 284 (1890) |
| Astragalus australis var. glabrescens | Wohlf. | W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 628 (1891) |
| Astragalus australis var. incanus | Kotula | Distr. Pl. Vasc. Tatr.: 284 (1890) |
| Astragalus australis var. minor | Rouy | G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 163 (1899) |
| Colutea australis | (L.) Lam. | Encycl.1: 354 (1785) |
| Colutea glabra | (Clarion) Poir. | J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 561 (1811) |
| Phaca australis var. cenisia | Gaudin | Fl. Helv.4: 532 (1829) |
| Phaca australis var. rubra | Gaudin | Fl. Helv.4: 532 (1829) |
| Phaca glabra | Clarion | Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris3: 99 (1811) |
| Phaca halleri | Vill. | Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 42 (1779) |
| Phaca australis | L. | Mant. Pl.: 103 (1767) |
| Astragalus helveticus | (Hartmann) O.Schwarz | Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges.1: 107 (1949) |
| Astragalus krajinae | Domin | Acta Bot. Bohem.10: 48 (1931) |
| Tragacantha australis | (L.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 943 (1891) |
| Phaca helvetica | Hartmann | Primae Lin. Inst. Bot.: 86 (1767) |
| Astragalina australis | (L.) Bubani | Fl. Pyren.2: 516 (1899) |
| Astragaloides australis | (L.) Medik. | Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges.2: 373 (1787) |
| Astragalus majellensis | A.Huet ex Nyman | Consp. Fl. Eur.: 193 (1878) |
| Astragalus australis subsp. krajinae | Domin-Kostrakiewicz | Preslia13-15: ? (1935) |
| Astragalus bucegii | Prodan | Fl. Dobrudscha Meeresk. Rum., ed. 2: 538. (1939) |
| Astragalus australis f. gerardi | (Vill.) Rouy | G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 168 (1899) |
| Astragalus australis f. simonkaianus | Gusul. | Fl. Republ. Popul. Române5: 266 (1957) |
| Astragalus australis var. cenisia | Gaudin | Fl. Helv.4: 532 (1829) |
| Astragalus australis var. rubra | Gaudin | Fl. Helv.4: 532 (1829) |
| Astragalus chorinensis f. sericea | Kjellm. | Vega-Exped. Vetensk. Iakttag.1: 522 (1882) |
| Phaca australis subsp. gerardi | (Vill.) Bonnier & Layens | Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 84 (1894) |
| Astragalus australis prol. balmaeus | (Beauverd) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl.6(2): 757 (1909) |
| Astragalus australis prol. bucsecsi | Jáv. | Bot. Közlem.15: 12 (1916) |
| Astragalus australis prol. gerardi | (Vill.) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl.6(2): 758 (1909) |
| Astragalus australis subsp. gerardi | (Vill.) Arcang. | Comp. Fl. Ital.: 184 (1882) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | indian milk-vetch |
| English | indian milkvetch |
| English | subarctic milk-vetch |
| German | südlicher tragant |
| Upper Sorbian | awstralski kozync |
| Polish | traganek jasny |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000213537 |
| Canadensys | 5635 |
| USDA Plants | ASAU4 |
| Tropicos | 13025401 |
| INPN | 84800 |
| Flora of Italy | 2353 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1219514-2 |
| The Plant List | ild-8605 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 583884 |
| Observations.org | 115188 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 90161 |
| Nature Serve | 2.159951 |
| IPNI | 1219514-2 |
| iNaturalist | 158837 |
| GBIF | 5343647 |
| Freebase | /m/0j3dd_3 |
| EPPO | ASAAW |
| EOL | 704247 |
| USDA GRIN | 444372 |
| Wikipedia | Astragalus_australis |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Effects of predispersal insect seed predation on the early life history stages of a rare cold sand-desert legume | Han YJ, Baskin JM, Tan DY, Baskin CC, Wu MY | Sci Rep | 19-Feb-2018 |
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| Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora | Saarela JM, Sokoloff PC, Bull RD | PeerJ | 31-Jan-2017 |
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