Astragalus gambelianus E.Sheld. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Astragalus gambelianus E.Sheld. (Astragalus gambelianus E.Sheld.)
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Astragalus gambelianus E.Sheld.

Astragalus gambelianus E.Sheld.

Astragalus gambelianus is a small annual dwarf milkvetch with purple-tinted white flowers and tiny rounded to oval legume pods.

Family
Genus
Astragalus
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Astragalus gambelianus E.Sheld.

Astragalus gambelianus E.Sheld. is an annual herb that is a type of dwarf milkvetch, smaller than most other species in its genus Astragalus. It produces slender stems that reach a maximum length of 30 centimeters, and usually stay shorter than this. Its leaves are less than 4 centimeters long, and each leaf is made up of several oblong leaflets that are only a few millimeters in length. The plant's inflorescence holds up to 15 purple-tinted white flowers, and each flower is generally less than 6 millimeters long. The leafy stem tissue of the inflorescence is covered in black hairs. The plant produces fruit as a tiny rounded or oval legume pod, that is only a few millimeters long.

Photo: (c) Terry Gosliner, all rights reserved, uploaded by Terry Gosliner

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Astragalus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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