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Woollypod Milkvetch

Scientific Name:

Astragalus purshii

Type:

Herbaceous Plant

Habitat:

Gravelly and sandy flats and slopes in sagebrush and forests up to 9,800 feet in elevation

Range:

Alberta down through California and across to Saskatchewan and the Dakotas

Status:

Secure (NatureServe)

This species is

NATIVE

to the Truckee Meadows.