Astragalus anserinus

Species of legume

Goose Creek milkvetch

Conservation status

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Fabales
Family:  | Fabaceae
Subfamily:  | Faboideae
Genus:  | Astragalus
Species:  |

A. anserinus

Binomial name
Astragalus anserinus

Atwood, Goodrich, & Welch

Astragalus anserinus, also called the Goose Creek milkvetch, is a member of the genus Astragalus that is listed as a candidate species under the Endangered Species Act. It grows in a 10-square-mile (26 km2) area of the Goose Watershed of the Upper Snake Basin in Idaho, Nevada and Utah.[2][3][4]

## References

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1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer Astragalus anserinus. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
2. ^ John Platt (Sep 14, 2009). "Rare plant worthy of Endangered Species Act protection--But won't get it". Scientific American.
3. ^ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (September 10, 2009). "Milkvetch Warrants Endangered Species Act Protection But Listing Precluded By Other Priorities". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
4. ^ "USDA Plants Database".

## External links

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* The Nature Conservancy[permanent dead link]
* Atwood, N. D., et al. (1984). New Astragalus (Leguminosae) from the Goose Creek drainage Utah-Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist.

Taxon identifiers

Astragalus anserinus|

* Wikidata: Q4811197
* Wikispecies: Astragalus anserinus
* CoL: HWDG
* EoL: 642485
* GBIF: 5345744
* iNaturalist: 71046
* IPNI: 272888-2
* IRMNG: 11073210
* ISC: 120675
* ITIS: 192809
* NatureServe: 2.146621
* Open Tree of Life: 3925461
* Plant List: ild-25660
* PLANTS: ASAN7
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:272888-2
* Tropicos: 13068391
* WFO: wfo-0000179482

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