Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.132583
Element CodePDFAB0F7Y0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusAstragalus
Other Common NamesRocky Mountain milkvetch (EN)
Concept ReferenceKartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Review Date1991-04-15
Change Date1991-04-15
Edition Date1991-04-15
Edition AuthorsRussell, C.
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Rank ReasonsReported to be common and locally abundant at higher elevations in the Rocky Mountains, CO, northcentral NM, eastern UT, and northern AZ. Disjunct at lower elevations in two counties of AZ, and the Wasatch Mtns in central UT (Barneby, 1964). Abundance unknown.
Range Extent CommentsValleys of the Rocky Mountains from the upper Grand River and headwaters of the South Platte in Colorado, south on both sides of the Divide, to the Sandia and Manzano Mountains in northcentral New Mexico, west to the La Sal and Abajo Mountains in eastern Utah and the Black Mesa in northern Apache County, Arizona; apparently disjunct along the upper forks of the Salt River in southern Apache and adjoining Gila counties, Arizona; also the west slope of the Wasatch in central Utah (Barneby, 1964).