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Timber Milkvetch

Astragalus miser

Timber Milkvetch is a special plant that grows in dry places. It has pretty flowers and is great for helping the soil stay healthy.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Timber Milkvetch is a low-growing plant with slender stems and clusters of small, pea-like flowers. Its blossoms range from purplish-pink to cream or white, often appearing in dense racemes. The leaves are grayish-green and covered in fine hairs, distinguishing it from other meadow plants.

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Timber Milkvetch
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Timber Milkvetch

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Despite its toxicity to animals, some tiny insects are specially adapted to safely eat this plant.

It's called 'milkvetch' because people once wrongly believed it made cows produce more milk!

Some of its seed pods are so hairy, they look like tiny fuzzy caterpillars hanging from the stem!

This plant is often called a 'locoweed' because it can make animals act dizzy or 'loco'.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Secret Weapon

Timber Milkvetch can produce powerful toxins that protect it from being eaten by many grazing animals.

Fähigkeit

Soil Power-Up

Timber Milkvetch can pull nitrogen from the air and enrich the soil, helping itself and other plants grow.

Fähigkeit

Drought Buster

Timber Milkvetch has deep roots and hairy leaves that help it survive and thrive in dry, rocky conditions.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-50 cm
Ausbreitung
15-40 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1.5 cm
Blütezeit
Late_spring_to_mid_summer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Hoch
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Western Bumblebee

Bombus occidentalis

Main pollinator visiting its flowers

symbiotic with

Rhizobium bacteria

Rhizobium leguminosarum

Forms nodules on roots to fix nitrogen

eaten by

Cattle

Bos taurus

Ingesting plant causes 'locoism' toxicity

eaten by

Sheep

Ovis aries

Eating the plant can lead to neurological issues

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Always look but don't touch plants unless you know they are safe.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Timber Milkvetch?

10-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Timber Milkvetch?

15-40 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Timber Milkvetch?

0.5-1.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Timber Milkvetch?

Late_spring_to_mid_summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Timber Milkvetch?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Timber Milkvetch?

Hoch

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Timber Milkvetch?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Timber Milkvetch?

Insekten

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