Astragalus villosus

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Family:FABACEAE
Species:Astragalus villosus Michx.
Common Name:Bearded Milk Vetch; Southern Milk Vetch
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Southern Milk Vetch is a native perennial in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It occurs in the southern third of Alabama. Southern Milk Vetch grows in xeric, sandy pine forests, in sand hills, on roadside banks, and in cemeteries. It is a short-lived perennial from a large tap root. Several decumbent stems 3-10 inches long radiate out from the crown. The stems are densely villous (covered in long soft hairs). The leaves are alternate, pinnately compound with 9-17 oval or orbicular leaflets. The leaflets are pubescent or glabrate above and pubescent below, especially on the midvein and along the margins. Flowers are produced in a terminal raceme of 5-20 flowers. The peduncle and calyx are densely villous. Flowers are a creamy yellow color. The fruit is a villous legume with 2-6 seed. Southern Milk Vetch is listed as an S2 species in Alabama (typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in the state), and as a G4 species globally (imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors).--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, S2 (State Rank), G4 (Global Rank)
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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Astragalus
Species Astragalus villosus Michx. - Bearded Milk Vetch; Southern Milk Vetch

Citation

Citation Astragalus villosus Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 67. 1803.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: GEORGIA: Without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Astragalus intonsus Astragalus intonsus E. Sheldon, Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 23. 1894, nom. illegit.Astragalus villosus Michaux 1803. 
Batidophaca villosa Batidophaca villosa (Michaux) Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 24: 319. 1929.Astragalus villosus Michaux 1803. 
Phaca villosa Phaca villosa (Michaux) Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 97. 1818.Astragalus villosus Michaux 1803. 
Tium intonsum Tium intonsum Rydberg, in Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 619, 1332. 1903, nom. illegit.Astragalus intonsus E. Sheldon 1894, nom. illegit.; Astragalus villosus Michaux 1803. 
Tragacantha villosa Tragacantha villosa (Michaux) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 949. 1891.Astragalus villosus Michaux 1803. 
Phaca intonsa Phaca intonsa Rydberg ex Small, Man. S.E. Fl. 710. 1933, nom. illegit.Astragalus intonsus E. Sheldon 1894, nom. illegit.; Astragalus villosus Michaux 1803. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Mobile, Pike, Russell

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1888 - 1896

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000006182 Mobile 15 Apr 1972 LeLong, Michel G.
6484		 USAM
Astragalus villosus Michaux
UWAL0050295 Covington 14 Mar 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5400		 UWAL
Astragalus villosus Michx.
AUA000010509 Conecuh 22 Mar 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7303		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
JSU140951 Escambia 09 Apr 1959 Grelen, H.E.
59		 JSU
Astragalus villosus Michaux
AUA000010507 Coffee 21 Mar 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8034		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
TROY000044206 Conecuh 07 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27457		 TROY
Astragalus villosus Michaux
AUA000010512 Escambia 11 Apr 1979 Crawford, Lloyd C.
 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
TROY000018931 Butler 13 Mar 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18754		 TROY
Astragalus villosus Michaux
AUA000010515 Russell 3 Apr 1971 Donavan, Lois A.
56		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
ALNHS00005599 Butler 20 Mar 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3610		 ALNHS
Astragalus villosus Michx.
UNA00008753 04 Apr 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Astragalus villosus Michx.
AUA000037893 Covington 14 Mar 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5400		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
AUA000010513 Pike 17 Mar 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
7983		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
TROY000004878 Dale 24 Mar 1999 Rundell, Hannelore
695		 TROY
Astragalus villosus Michaux
AUA000010510 Dale 24 May 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8077		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
TROY000004877 Coffee 10 Apr 2000 Martin, Brian H.
525		 TROY
Astragalus villosus Michaux
UNA00008748 Baldwin 20 Mar 1888 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Astragalus villosus Michx.
AUA000010508 Conecuh 21 Mar 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7300		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
UNA00008758 Mobile _ Apr 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Astragalus villosus Michx.
AUA000010511 Dale 21 Mar 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8000		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
AUA000010516 Russell 12 Apr 1976 Fountain, Debbie
94		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
AUA000010514 Pike 22 Mar 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7301		 AUA
Astragalus Villosus Michx.
UWAL0016557 Pike 08 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24933		 UWAL
Astragalus villosus Michaux
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