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Astragalus tener A.Gray is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Astragalus tener A.Gray

Astragalus tener A.Gray

Astragalus tener A.Gray is an annual herb that bears clustered pinkish-purple white-marked flowers and narrow legume pods with two seeds.

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Family
Genus
Astragalus
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Astragalus tener A.Gray

Growth Habit and Stem Size

Astragalus tener A.Gray is an annual herb that grows upright stems reaching up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall.

Leaf Characteristics

Its leaves grow up to 9 cm (3.5 inches) long, and are composed of multiple leaflets ranging from lance-shaped to oval in shape.

Flower Appearance

The inflorescence forms a dense cluster of pinkish-purple flowers marked with smudges of white.

Fruit and Seed Traits

The fruit it produces is a narrow legume pod up to 5 cm (2.0 inches) long, which typically holds two smooth seeds.

Photo: (c) Doug Wirtz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Astragalus

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

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