Astragalus praelongus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. praelongus
Binomial name
Astragalus praelongus
E.Sheld.

Astragalus praelongus (stinking milkvetch) is a perennial plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.[1]: 43  It's fleshy seedpods become woody with age.[1]: 43  It grows in soils containing selenium.[1]: 43 

A. praelongus var. ellisiae was named for Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis, who collected the holotype specimen in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico near where she lived.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7
  2. ↑ Eugene Jercinovic (February 21, 2008). "Charlotte Ellis of the Sandia Mountains" (PDF). The New Mexico Botanist.


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