Astragalus nevinii is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common name San Clemente Island milkvetch. It is endemic to San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California. This is perennial herb growing upright 10 to 30 centimetres (4 to 12 in) tall. It is coated in woolly, tangled hairs. Its leaves are up to 8 centimetres (3+1⁄6 in) long and are made up of many oblong leaflets. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of up to 30 cream-colored flowers, each around 1 centimetre (5⁄12 in) in length. The fruit is a hanging legume pod up to 2 centimetres (3⁄4 in) long which is papery in texture and mostly hairless.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of San Clemente Island 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 traskiae
- Astragalus anemophilus
- Astragalus miguelensis
- Astragalus trichopodus
- Astragalus congdonii
- Astragalus nuttallii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Astragalus
- Species
- Astragalus nevinii
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