Taxon: Astragalus lentiginosus Douglas var. diphysus (A. Gray) M. E. Jones

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See other conspecific taxa:

• Astragalus lentiginosus (8 accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. araneosus (no accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. australis (4 accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus (2 accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. coachellae (1 accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii (no accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. kennedyi (no accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. lentiginosus (no accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. micans (1 accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. nigricalycis (1 accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. piscinensis (1 accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. scorpionis (no accessions)
• Astragalus lentiginosus var. vitreus (1 accessions)

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to livestock fide Kingsbury, as Astragalus diphysus)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Astragalus lentiginosus var. diphysus from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [s.w.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [n.w. & c.], Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [n.], Nevada [e.], Utah

References:

• Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Part II. The Cercidothrix, Hypoglottis, Piptolodoid, Trimeniaeus and Orophaca Astragali. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:939.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. [mentions].

Synonyms:

• (≡) Astragalus diphysus A. Gray (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Astragalus lentiginosus Douglas var. diphysus (A. Gray) M. E. Jones:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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