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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
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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カテゴリ
植物レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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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'.
Timber Milkvetch can produce powerful toxins that protect it from being eaten by many grazing animals.
Timber Milkvetch can pull nitrogen from the air and enrich the soil, helping itself and other plants grow.
Timber Milkvetch has deep roots and hairy leaves that help it survive and thrive in dry, rocky conditions.
Bombus occidentalis
Main pollinator visiting its flowers
Rhizobium leguminosarum
Forms nodules on roots to fix nitrogen
Bos taurus
Ingesting plant causes 'locoism' toxicity
Ovis aries
Eating the plant can lead to neurological issues
まだ別名はありません。
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Always look but don't touch plants unless you know they are safe.
10-50 cm
15-40 cm
0.5-1.5 cm
Late_spring_to_mid_summer
いいえ
高度
多年生
昆虫
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