Calflora: Astragalus whitneyi

Astragalus whitneyi A. Gray

Whitney's milk vetch, balloonpod milkvetch

Astragalus whitneyi, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	Sagebrush Scrub, Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields, Yellow Pine Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Northern Juniper Woodland
Habitat:	slopes, ridges [Walker]
Elevation:	between 2460 and 12008 feet
Family:	FABACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Astragalus found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus Astragalus whitneyi var. lenophyllus Astragalus whitneyi var. siskiyouensis Astragalus whitneyi var. whitneyi

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Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alpine: 29 / 24 CCH Amador: 6 / 5 CCH Fresno: 1 / 1 CCH Humboldt: 1 / 0 CCH Inyo: 33 / 28 CCH Kern: 15 / 13 CCH Lassen: 53 / 46 CCH Madera: 2 / 2 CCH Mendocino: 1 / 1 CCH Mono: 116 / 105 CCH Modoc: 74 / 69 CCH Nevada: 25 / 21 CCH Placer: 16 / 9 CCH Plumas: 7 / 7 CCH Shasta: 6 / 5 CCH Sierra: 2 / 2 CCH Siskiyou: 80 / 71 CCH Sonoma: 1 / 0 CCH Tehama: 16 / 15 CCH Trinity: 38 / 31 CCH Tulare: 11 / 9 CCH Tuolumne: 13 / 12 CCH Ventura: 38 / 35 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Astragalus whitneyi from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (ASWH)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database