Astragalus danicus
| Astragalus danicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Tribe: | Galegeae |
| Subtribe: | Astragalinae |
| Genus: | Astragalus |
| Species: | A. danicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Astragalus danicus Retz.[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Astragalus hypoglottis sensu auct. | |
Astragalus danicus, known as purple milk-vetch,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes). It grows to about 30 cm (12 in) tall with compound leaves having 13–27 leaflets. Its flowers are usually in shades of blue and purple, rarely white, and are 15–18 mm (0.6–0.7 in) long. They are followed by fruit pods 7–9 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long.[3] Astragalus danicus is native to Europe, from Ireland and subarctic Russia south to the Alps and central Ukraine.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Astragalus danicus", The Plant List, retrieved 2016-08-03
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ Stace, Clive (2010), New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 150–151, ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5
- ↑ Tutin, T.G. (1968), Tutin, T.G.; Heywood, V.H.; Burges, N.A.; Valentine, D.H.; Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A., eds., Flora Europaea, Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press, p. 114, ISBN 978-0-521-06662-4
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