Drummond's Milkvetch
Astragalus drummondii
Collection Season 3
Summary 4
Drummond’s milkvetch is a perennial forb with pinnately compound leaves. Leaflets are elliptic-oblong and are in groups of 17. Flowers of Drummond’s milkvetch are 18 to 25mm long white oblong structures. The flowers are white and the keel can sometimes be purplish in color.
Uses 3
Drummond’s milkvetch is a selenium (Se) hyperaccumulator making it toxic for consumption. Prairie dogs tend to avoid plants with high Se levels making it a good plant to revegetate degraded sites. Drummond’s milkvetch is also a good plant for pollinator species as well.
Seed Collection and Processing 3
Seed pods are roughly 4cm long. Open along the seam to access the seeds.
Probable Locations 3
Drummond’s milkvetch is common on the shortgrass prairie, grassy slopes, and sagebrush flats to pinyon-juniper.
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Matt Lavin, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/35478170@N08/3646281231
- (c) skramer16, todos os direitos reservados
- (c) skramer16, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
- Adaptado por skramer16 de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus_drummondii
Mais informações
- BioDiversity4All taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
