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§1 Plant
Astragalus alpinus L.
vernacular alpine milkvetch — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Astragalus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 119 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 119 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Aleutians East 02013
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Juneau 02110
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Sitka 02220
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yakutat 02282
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Colorado view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Hinsdale 08053
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Las Animas 08071
- Mineral 08079
- Montezuma 08083
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
Idaho view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASAL7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5345014 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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