Species
Astragalus pycnostachyus (Marsh milkvetch)
Astragalus pycnostachyus. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Astragalus pycnostachyus is a species of milkvetch known by the common name marsh milkvetch. It is endemic to the coastline of California, where it grows in wet saline habitat such as marshes.
- 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 pycnostachyus (Marsh 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)
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