Species
Astragalus nuttallii (Nuttall's milkvetch)
Astragalus nuttallii. Photo: no rights reserved
Astragalus nuttallii is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Nuttall’s milkvetch. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in the sandy soils of coastal habitat. This is a perennial herb forming thick, tangled clumps of hairy to hairless stems up to a meter in length. The abundant leaves are up to 17 centimeters in length and made up of many oval-shaped leaflets. The inflorescence is a large, dense body…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Order: Fabales (Legumes, milkworts, and allies)
- Family: Fabaceae (Legumes)
- Subfamily: Faboideae
- Tribe: Galegeae (Milkvetches, locoweeds, and allies)
- Genus: Astragalus (Milkvetches)
- Species: Astragalus nuttallii (Nuttall's milkvetch)
- Genus: Astragalus (Milkvetches)
- Tribe: Galegeae (Milkvetches, locoweeds, and allies)
- Subfamily: Faboideae
- Family: Fabaceae (Legumes)
- Order: Fabales (Legumes, milkworts, and allies)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
