Index / Search / Astragalus distortus var. distortus
§1 Plant
Astragalus distortus Torr. & A. Gray var. distortus
vernacular Ozark milkvetch — variety · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Astragalus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 109 counties across 9 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 109 counties across 9 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Clark 29045
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Ralls 29173
- Ray 29177
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Sullivan 29211
- Vernon 29217
Oklahoma view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASDID3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7112102 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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