Astragalus applegatei

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Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Astragalus

Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs . Leaf paripinnate or imparipinnate , rarely unifoliolate or digitately trifoliolate ; leaflets entire, stipels absent; stipulate . Inflorescence racemose, spicate umbellate or solitary; peduncles generally axillary . Flowers bracteate ; bracteoles present or absent; pedicellate or sessile, violet or purple to white or pale yellow. Calyx tubular , teeth subequal . Vexillum ovate , obovate , oblong , panduriform or sometimes appendiculate Wing and keel generally with long claws . Stamens diadelphous , vexillary stamen free, rest (9) united , anthers uniform . Ovary sessile or stipitate , glabrous or pubescent ; style straight or incurved , stigma mostly terminal , sometimes penicillate . Fruit sessile or stipitate, 2-valved, unilocular , partly or completely bilocular by an intrusive membrane . Seed often reniform .

Astragalus is one of the biggest Angiospermous genera with about 1600 species widely distributed in the Old and the New World. In Pakistan it is represented by about 135 species.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Notes

Place of publication : Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash . 49:111. 1936

Name verified on 14-Apr-1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 15-Nov-1998

Similar Species

Members of the genus Astragalus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 667 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aboriginum (Indian Milk-Vetch) · A. aboriginum var. aboriginum (Indian Milk-Vetch) · A. accidens (Rogue River Milk-Vetch) · A. accidens var. accidens (Rogue River Milkvetch) · A. accidens var. hendersonii (Henderson's Milkvetch) · A. accumbens (Zuni Milk-Vetch) · A. ackermanii (Ackerman's Milk-Vetch) · A. acutirostris (Beaked Milk-Vetch) · A. adanus (Boise Milkvetch) · A. adsurgens (Rattle Milk-Vetch) · A. adsurgens var. tananaicus (Standing Milkvetch) · A. aequalis (Clokey Milk-Vetch) · A. agnicidus (Humboldt County Milkvetch) · A. agrestis (Cock's-Head) · A. albens (Cushenbury Milk-Vetch) · A. albulus (Cibola Milkvetch) · A. allochrous (Halfmoon Milkvetch) · A. allochrous var. playanus (Halfmoon Milkvetch) · A. allotricholobus (Astragal Inachevolosistobobovy) · A. alopecurus (Fuchsschwanz Tragant) · A. alpinus (Alpen Tragant) · A. alpinus alpinus (Alpine Milkvetch) · A. alpinus alpinus var. alpinus (Alpine Milkvetch) · A. alpinus var. brunetianus (Alpine Milk-Vetch) · A. alpinus subsp. alaskanus (Astragal Alpiyski Alaskinski) · A. alpinus subsp. arcticus (Astragal Alpiyski Arkticheski) · A. altus (Tall Milkvetch) · A. alvordensis (Alvord Milk-Vetch) · A. amblytropis (Challis Milk-Vetch) · A. americanus (American Milk-Vetch) · A. amnis-amissi (Custer Milkvetch) · A. amphioxys (Crescent Milkvetch) · A. amphioxys var. amphioxys (Crescent Milkvetch) · A. amphioxys var. modestus (Crescent Milkvetch) · A. amphioxys var. vespertinus (Aladdin Slippers) · A. ampullarius (Gumbo Milkvetch) · A. andersonii (Anderson's Milkvetch) · A. anisus (Gunnison Milkvetch) · A. anserinus (Goose Creek Milkvetch) · A. anxius (Troubled Milkvetch) · A. applegatei (Applegate's Milk-Vetch) · A. aquilonius (Lemhi Milk-Vetch) · A. arenarius (Arenarious Milk-Vetch) · A. argophyllus (Dana Milkvetch) · A. argophyllus var. argophyllus (Silverleaf Milkvetch) · A. argophyllus var. martinii (Silver-Leaf Milkvetch) · A. argophyllus var. panguicensis (Silverleaf Milkvetch) · A. aridus (Annual Desert Milkvetch) · A. arizonicus (Arizona Locoweed) · A. arrectus (Palouse Milk-Vetch) · A. arthurii (Arthur Milk-Vetch) · A. asclepiadoides (Bird Milk-Vetch) · A. asymmetricus (Horse Locoweed) · A. atratus (Darwin Mesa Milkvetch) · A. atratus var. atratus (Mourning Milkvetch) · A. atratus var. inseptus (Fairfield Milkvetch) · A. atratus var. owyheensis (Owyhee Milk-Vetch) · A. atropubescens (Hangingpod Milkvetch) · A. austiniae (Austin Milk-Vetch) · A. australis (Indian Milk-Vetch) · A. beathii (Beath Milk-Vetch) · A. beatleyae (Beatley Milk-Vetch) · A. beckwithii (Beckwith's Milk-Vetch) · A. beckwithii var. beckwithii (Beckwith's Milkvetch) · A. beckwithii var. purpureus (Beckwith's Milkvetch) · A. beckwithii var. sulcatus (Beckwith's Milkvetch) · A. beckwithii var. weiserensis (Weiser's Milkvetch) · A. bernardinus (Lesser Threekeel Milkvetch) · A. bibullatus (Guthrie's Ground-Plum) · A. bicristatus (Crested Milkvetch) · A. bisulcatus (Two Groove Milkvetch) · A. bisulcatus var. haydenianus (Hayden Milkvetch) · A. bisulcatus var. major (Twogrooved Milkvetch) · A. bisulcatus var. nevadensis (Nevada Milkvetch) · A. bodinii (Bodin Milkvetch) · A. bodinii var. bodinii (Bodin´s Milk-Vetch) · A. bolanderi (Bolander's Milkvetch) · A. bourgovii (Bourgeau's Milk-Vetch) · A. brandegeei (Brandegee Milk-Vetch) · A. brauntonii (Braunton's Milkvetch) · A. brazoensis (Brazos Milkvetch) · A. breweri (Brewer Milkvetch) · A. californicus (Klamath Basin Milk-Vetch) · A. callithrix (Callaway Milkvetch) · A. calycosus (King's Milkvetch) · A. calycosus var. calycosus (Torrey Milkvetch) · A. calycosus var. mancus (Torrey´s Milk-Vetch) · A. calycosus var. monophyllidius (One-Leaflet Torrey Milk-Vetch) · A. calycosus var. scaposus (Torrey Milkvetch) · A. camptopus (Bruneau Milkvetch) · A. canadensis (Canada Milkvetch) · A. canadensis var. brevidens (Canada Milkvetch) · A. canadensis var. mortonii (Morton's Canadian Milkvetch) · A. caricinus (Buckwheat Milkvetch) · A. casei (Case's Milkvetch) · A. castaneiformis (Chestnut Milk-Vetch) · A. castetteri (Castetter Milk-Vetch) · A. ceramicus (Painted Milk-Vetch) · A. ceramicus var. apus (Painted Milk-Vetch) · A. ceramicus var. ceramicus (Painted Milkvetch)

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Further Reading

• (2000). CalFlora: on California plants for education, research and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: The CalFlora Database [a non-profit organization]. http://www.calflora.org/.. Accessed: 2002.
• Abrams, L.; Ferris, R.S. 1944. Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
• Barneby, R. C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13:297. ["applegatii"].
• Barroetavena, C.; Gisler, S.D.; Luoma, D.L.; Meinke, R.J. 1998. Mycorrhizal status of the endangered species Astragalus applegatei Peck as determined from a soil bioassay. Mycorrhiza. 8, 2: 117-119.
• Borgias, D. 2001. Population Status of Astragalus applegatei at the Ewauna Flat Preserve, Klamath County, Oregon. v.2. The Nature Conservancy Report.
• Eastman, D.C. 1990. Rare and Endangered Plants of Oregon. Beautiful America Publishing Company. 194p.
• Gillett, J.M.; Consaul, L.L.; Aiken, S.G.; Dallwitz, M.J. (1999 onwards). Fabaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Retrieval. Version: 15th November 2000. http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/. Accessed: 2002.
• Gisler, S.; Meinke, R.J. 1998. Cultivation and outplanting of ApplegateÆs milk-vetch (Astragalus applegatei). Progress Report (1995-1996) for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Kartesz, J. T. & R. Kartesz. 1980. A synonomized checklist of the flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Liston, A. 1997. The genus Astragalus (Fabaceae) in Oregon. In: Kaye, T.N.; Liston, A.; Love, R. M.; Luoma, D.L.; Meinke, R.J.; Wilson, M.V., editors. Conservation and Managemnet of Native Plants and Fungi. Native Plant Society of Oregon. Corvalis, Oregon. p 296.
• Meinke, R.J. 1982. Threatened and Endangered Vascular Plants of Oregon: An Illustrated Guide. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 1. 326p.
• Raven, Andrea. 1999. Aese's Onion: A Rare Plant with an Urban Life. The Berry Botanic Garden Newsletter. 12, 2: 4-5.
• USFWS. 1992. Listing Proposals. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 17, 1-2: 9-10.
• USFWS. 1998. Applegate's milk-vetch (Astragalus applegatei) recovery plan. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Pacific Region. p.41.
• USFWS. 1999. Species Update: Region 1. Endangered Species Bulletin. 24, 6: 24.
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants - on-line resource. (US Fish & Wildl List)

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650426
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16102034
• GRIN Nomen Number: 320005
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25418
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB0F0P0
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: Q25T
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ASAP
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 23545

Footnotes

1. "Astragalus". in Flora of Pakistan page 121. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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