About Astragalus falcatus Lam.
The scientific name of this species is Astragalus falcatus Lam. This plant bears pure yellow, light yellow, or creamy yellow flowers that are sometimes tinged with purple. It reaches a height of 40 to 80 cm, and has leaves that are 10 to 16 cm long; these leaves hold between 8 and 20 pairs of narrow leaflets. A. falcatus has been experimentally cultivated for dryland grazing in the United States, and possibly also in France. It was proposed for use as a forage crop in the USSR. However, this species is one of the milkweeds that contains a poisonous glycoside known as miserotoxin.
