EcoFlora - Astragalus cicer

Astragalus cicer L.
Family: Fabaceae Chickpea Milk-Vetch Al Schneider	Gleason & Cronquist Indiana Flora Resources Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Diffuse, leafy perennial with prostrate or weakly ascending stems 2.5-7 dm; stipules of middle and upper lvs connate below or not, lanceolate, narrowly pointed, usually deflexed; lfls 17-29(-31), lance-elliptic or oblong, 0.5-3.5 cm, pubescent at least beneath; peduncles 4-11 cm, shorter than the subtending lf; cor ochroleucous, 12-16 mm; fr ascending or spreading, bilocular, hairy, subsessile, firm-walled, broadly ovoid or subglobose, 6-14 נ5-8(-10) mm. Native of Europe, casually intr. in disturbed moist places in w. U.S., and rarely established with us, as in Ingham Co., Mich. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission. From Flora of Indiana (1940) by Charles C. Deam Indiana Coefficient of Conservatism: C =null, non-native Wetland Indicator Status: n/a
Open Interactive Map Hermann Falkner Al Schneider Hermann Falkner Al Schneider Duvall, Mel $Astragalus cicer image$ Click to Display 100 Initial Media - - - - - View All Media