Astragalus oxyphysus is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Mt. Diablo milkvetch or Stanislaus milk-vetch. It is endemic to central California, where it grows in dry grassland and scrub habitat in the Central Valley and the adjacent Inner Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Stanislaus 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 asymmetricus
- Astragalus trichopodus
- Astragalus praelongus
- Astragalus curvicarpus
- Astragalus racemosus
- Astragalus congdonii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Astragalus
- Species
- Astragalus oxyphysus
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