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Ocean Bluff Milkvetch

Astragalus nuttallii var. nuttallii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall

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Angel Island Milkwort

Astragalus nuttallii var. virgatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall

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Arcane Milkvetch

Astragalus obscurus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 in tall

Flower Color: White

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San Diego Milkvetch

Astragalus oocarpus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream

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Egg Milkvetch

Astragalus oophorus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Cream

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Lavin's Milkvetch

Astragalus oophorus var. lavinii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

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Egg Milkvetch

Astragalus oophorus var. oophorus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

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Stanislaus Milkvetch

Astragalus oxyphysus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

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Thickpod Milkvetch

Astragalus pachypus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

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Jaeger's Bush Milkvetch

Astragalus pachypus var. jaegeri

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 31 in tall

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Bush Milkvetch

Astragalus pachypus var. pachypus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 31 in tall

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Palmer's Milkvetch

Astragalus palmeri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

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Panamint Milkvetch

Astragalus panamintensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.4 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

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Depauperate Milkvetch

Astragalus pauperculus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

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Broad-keeled Milkvetch

Astragalus platytropis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 in tall

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Pomona Milk Vetch

Astragalus pomonensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 - 31 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

Flowering season: Spring

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Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Preuss Milkvetch

Astragalus preussii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple

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Lancaster Milkvetch

Astragalus preussii var. laxiflorus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall

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Preuss' Milkvetch

Astragalus preussii var. preussii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall

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Tonopah Milkvetch

Astragalus pseudiodanthus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Red

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Ames' Milkvetch

Astragalus pulsiferae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.4 - 1 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

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Modoc Plateau Milkvetch

Astragalus pulsiferae var. coronensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.4 - 1 in tall

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Pulsifer's Milkvetch

Astragalus pulsiferae var. pulsiferae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.4 - 1 in tall

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Suksdorf's Milkvetch

Astragalus pulsiferae var. suksdorfii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.4 - 1 in tall

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Pursh Loco Milkvetch

Astragalus purshii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Pink, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

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Woollypod Milkvetch

Astragalus purshii var. lagopinus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 in tall

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Pursh's Milk Vetch

Astragalus purshii var. lectulus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 in tall

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Woollypod Milkvetch

Astragalus purshii var. purshii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.4 in tall

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Pursh's Milk Vetch

Astragalus purshii var. tinctus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 in tall

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Marsh Milkvetch

Astragalus pycnostachyus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green

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Ventura Marsh Milkvetch

Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

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Coastal Marsh Milkvetch

Astragalus pycnostachyus var. pycnostachyus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

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Rattan's Milkvetch

Astragalus rattanii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

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Jepson's Milkvetch

Astragalus rattanii var. jepsonianus

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

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Rattan's Milkvetch

Astragalus rattanii var. rattanii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

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Raven's Milkvetch

Astragalus ravenii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.4 - 4 in tall

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Gravel Milkvetch

Astragalus sabulonum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: White

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Bishop Milkvetch

Astragalus sepultipes

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 14 in tall

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Naked Milkvetch

Astragalus serenoi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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Shockley's Milkvetch

Astragalus serenoi var. shockleyi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 18 in tall

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Shevock's Milkvetch

Astragalus shevockii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

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Kern County Milkvetch

Astragalus subvestitus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

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Alkali Milkvetch

Astragalus tener

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple

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Ferris' Milkvetch

Astragalus tener var. ferrisiae

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 10 in tall

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Alkali Milkvetch

Astragalus tener var. tener

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

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Coastal Dunes Milkvetch

Astragalus tener var. titi

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 5 in tall

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Tidestrom's Milkvetch

Astragalus tidestromii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 in tall

Flower Color: Purple

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Trask's Milkvetch

Astragalus traskiae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

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Triple-ribbed Milkvetch

Astragalus tricarinatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

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Santa Barbara Milk Vetch

Astragalus trichopodus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

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Full Sun

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Very Low

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Fast

Antisell Milkvetch

Astragalus trichopodus var. antisellii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall

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Santa Barbara Milk Vetch

Astragalus trichopodus var. lonchus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

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Santa Barbara Milkvetch

Astragalus trichopodus var. trichopodus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall

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Bald Mountain Milkvetch

Astragalus umbraticus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

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Webber's Milkvetch

Astragalus webberi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

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Balloonpod Milkvetch

Astragalus whitneyi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

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Fast

Whitney's Milk Vetch

Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

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Full Sun

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Woolly-leaved Milkvetch

Astragalus whitneyi var. lenophyllus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

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Siskiyou Milkvetch

Astragalus whitneyi var. siskiyouensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

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Balloonpod Milkvetch

Astragalus whitneyi var. whitneyi

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

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