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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.

生息地: Grasslands

外見

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

カテゴリ

植物

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

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'.

特殊能力

能力

Secret Weapon

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

能力

Soil Power-Up

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

能力

Drought Buster

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

サイズと詳細

高さ
10-50 cm
広がり
15-40 cm
花の大きさ
0.5-1.5 cm
開花時期
Late_spring_to_mid_summer
食用
いいえ
毒性
高度
ライフサイクル
多年生
受粉方法
昆虫

生態系とのつながり

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

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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

よくある質問

Timber Milkvetchの高さは何ですか?

10-50 cm

Timber Milkvetchの広がりは何ですか?

15-40 cm

Timber Milkvetchの花の大きさは何ですか?

0.5-1.5 cm

Timber Milkvetchの開花時期は何ですか?

Late_spring_to_mid_summer

Timber Milkvetchの食用は何ですか?

いいえ

Timber Milkvetchの毒性は何ですか?

高度

Timber Milkvetchのライフサイクルは何ですか?

多年生

Timber Milkvetchの受粉方法は何ですか?

昆虫

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