Astragalus mohavensis S.Watson is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Astragalus mohavensis S.Watson

Astragalus mohavensis S.Watson

Astragalus mohavensis S.Watson is a clumpy herb that bears pinkish-purple flowers and hairy, leathery legume fruit pods.

Family
Genus
Astragalus
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Astragalus mohavensis S.Watson

Astragalus mohavensis S.Watson is an annual or perennial herb that grows in clumpy, gray-green patches with upright stems reaching up to 35 cm (14 inches) in length. Its leaves can grow up to around 12 cm (4.7 inches) long, and are composed of multiple oval-shaped to rounded leaflets. The inflorescence holds up to 15 pinkish-purple flowers, each measuring roughly 1 cm (0.39 inches) long. The plant produces a hairy, leathery legume pod as its fruit, which reaches up to around 3 cm (1.2 inches) in length.

Photo: (c) Steve Matson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Matson · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Astragalus

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

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