Plants Profile for Astragalus mollissimus (woolly locoweed)

General Information
Symbol:	ASMO7
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, TX. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

©Wynn Anderson. United States, TX, Hudspeth Co. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 379. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family
Genus	Astragalus L. – milkvetch
Species	Astragalus mollissimus Torr. – woolly locoweed

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 8 subspecies of Astragalus mollissimus . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Astragalus mollissimus</i> Torr. var. <i>bigelovii</i> (A. Gray) Barneby ex B.L. Turner

Astragalus mollissimus var. bigelovii
woolly locoweed

Distribution of <i>Astragalus mollissimus</i> Torr. var. <i>coryi</i> Tidestr.

Astragalus mollissimus var. coryi
woolly locoweed

Distribution of <i>Astragalus mollissimus</i> Torr. var. <i>earlei</i> (Greene ex Rydb.) Tidestr.

Astragalus mollissimus var. earlei
woolly locoweed

Distribution of <i>Astragalus mollissimus</i> Torr. var. <i>marcidus</i> (Greene ex Rydb.) Barneby ex B.L. Turner

Astragalus mollissimus var. marcidus
woolly locoweed

Distribution of <i>Astragalus mollissimus</i> Torr. var. <i>matthewsii</i> (S. Watson) Barneby

Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii
woolly locoweed

Distribution of <i>Astragalus mollissimus</i> Torr. var. <i>mogollonicus</i> (Greene) Barneby

Astragalus mollissimus var. mogollonicus
woolly locoweed

Distribution of <i>Astragalus mollissimus</i> Torr. var. <i>mollissimus </i>

Astragalus mollissimus var. mollissimus
woolly locoweed

Distribution of <i>Astragalus mollissimus</i> Torr. var. <i>thompsoniae</i> (S. Watson) Barneby

Astragalus mollissimus var. thompsoniae
woolly locoweed

Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Astragalus mollissimus purple locoweed woolly loco woolly locoweed woolly milkvetch This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status