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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Milkvetches
  8. Leptocarpi
  9. Slimpod Milkvetch

species 368 observations

Slimpod Milkvetch

Astragalus leptocarpus

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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15 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Clouded Sulphur, Marine Blue, Orange Sulphur, Silver-spotted Skipper 10
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Painted Lady, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, American Bumble Bee, Cresson's Mining Bee 4

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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