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Astragalus anserinus

Summary

Astragalus anserinus, also called the Goose Creek milkvetch, is a member of the genus Astragalus that is listed as a candidate species under the Endangered Species Act. It grows in a 10-square-mile (26 km2) area of the Goose Watershed of the Upper Snake Basin in Idaho, Nevada and Utah.[2][3][4]

Goose Creek milkvetch

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. anserinus
Binomial name
Astragalus anserinus
Atwood, Goodrich, & Welch

References edit

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer Astragalus anserinus. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ John Platt (Sep 14, 2009). "Rare plant worthy of Endangered Species Act protection--But won't get it". Scientific American.
  3. ^ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (September 10, 2009). "Milkvetch Warrants Endangered Species Act Protection But Listing Precluded By Other Priorities". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  4. ^ "USDA Plants Database".

External links edit

  • The Nature Conservancy[permanent dead link]
  • Atwood, N. D., et al. (1984). New Astragalus (Leguminosae) from the Goose Creek drainage Utah-Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist.