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§1 Plant
Astragalus tenellus Pursh
vernacular looseflower milkvetch — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Astragalus
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 150 counties across 12 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 150 counties across 12 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Ramsey 38071
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oregon view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 22 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASTE5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5344561 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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