Astragalus applegatei

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Applegate's milkvetch
Astragalus applegatei.jpg
Status TNC G1.svg
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Astragalus
Species:
A. applegatei
Binomial name
Astragalus applegatei
Synonyms
  • Astragalus applegatiiM.Peck, orth. var.

Astragalus applegatei is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common name Applegate's milkvetch. [2] Its scientific name is also spelt Astragalus applegatii. [3] It is endemic to Klamath County, Oregon, where it is known from three populations, one of which is made up of only three plants. [2] Much of the remaining habitat is seriously threatened by development, introduced plant species, and other forces. [2] This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

The plant is a perennial herb with clustered or spreading prostrate stems growing from a taproot. It may form mats nearly a metre wide and up to 40 cm tall. The leaves are up to 8 cm long and are each made up of several pairs of leaflets 1 or 2 cm long. The inflorescence is a raceme of nodding flowers. The flower has a cuplike, toothed calyx of sepals coated in black hairs. The corolla is whitish to lavender with purple tips on the petals. The fruit is a purple-mottled legume pod roughly 1 cm long. [4]

The native habitat of the plant is a seasonally wet floodplain with alkali soils, part of the Klamath Basin. [1]

The largest of the three populations is on land which is partially owned and protected by The Nature Conservancy, but the other part is vulnerable to development. [2] The second and third populations are very small and may not survive as they become inbred. [2] There was once a fourth population, but it was destroyed when its habitat was made into a grocery store and a car dealership. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Nature Conservancy". Archived from the original on 2002-11-21. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Center for Plant Conservation Archived December 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Peck, Morton E. (1936), "Six new plants from Oregon", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 49: 109–112, retrieved 2023-04-03, p. 111
  4. "USDA Plants Database".