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Astragalus
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Astragalus is a muckle genus o aboot 3,000 species[1] o yerbs an smaa shrubs, belangin tae the legume faimily Fabaceae an the subfaimily Faboideae. The genus is native tae temperate regions o the Northren Hemisphere. Common names include milkvetch (maist species), locoweed (in North Americae, some species)[2] an goat's-thorn (A. gummifer, A. tragacanthus). Some fauch-flouered vetches is seimilar in appearance, but vetches is mair vine-lik.
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Astragalus | |
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Astragalus alpinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Faimily: | Fabaceae |
Subfaimily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Galegeae |
Subtribe: | Astragalinae |
Genus: | Astragalus L. |
Teep species | |
Astragalus onobrychis L. | |
Synonyms | |
Acanthophaca Nevski |