PLANTS Profile for Astragalus mollissimus (woolly locoweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Astragalus mollissimus Torr.
woolly locoweed

Symbol:

ASMO7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Astragalus mollissimus Torr.

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Distribution:
Astragalus mollissimus Torr.


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USA (AZ, CO, KS, NE, NM, NV, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Astragalus mollissimus Torr.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 419 species in Astragalus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Astragalus mollissimus var. bigelovii
woolly locoweed

Astragalus mollissimus var. coryi
woolly locoweed

Astragalus mollissimus var. earlei
woolly locoweed

Astragalus mollissimus var. marcidus
woolly locoweed

Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii
woolly locoweed

Astragalus mollissimus var. mogollonicus
woolly locoweed

Astragalus mollissimus var. mollissimus
woolly locoweed

Astragalus mollissimus var. thompsoniae
woolly locoweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Astragalus mollissimus Torr.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Astragalus L. – milkvetch
Species	Astragalus mollissimus Torr. – woolly locoweed

U.S. Weed Information:
Astragalus mollissimus Torr.

purple locoweed
woolly loco
woolly locoweed
woolly milkvetch

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP

Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.

More Accounts and Images:
Astragalus mollissimus Torr.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25589.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 04:31 PM MDT