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. It's fleshy seedpods become woody with age. It grows in soils containing selenium.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Stinking Milkvetch being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Astragalus pattersonii
- Astragalus racemosus
- Astragalus curvicarpus
- Astragalus scopulorum
- Astragalus eremiticus
- Astragalus oxyphysus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Astragalus
- Species
- Astragalus praelongus
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