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Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae)
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Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae)

General: Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae) is a low-growing perennial forb with compound leaves, pea-type flowers, and straight seed pods. The leaves are reddish (but not always), and the seedpods are short-hairy.

Minthorn's Milkvetch is an uncommon component of vegetation communities in dry, well-drained gravelly areas on bajadas into the lower mountains in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland), Transition (Yellow Pine Forest), and Canadian (Pine-Fir Forest) life zones.

Around Las Vegas, look for Minthorn's Milkvetch at middle and higher elevations in Red Rock Canyon NCA and up on Mt. Charleston.

Family: Pea (Fabaceae)

Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae) Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae)
Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae) Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae)
Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae) Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae)
Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae) Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae)
Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae) Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae)
Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae) Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae)
Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae) Minthorn's Milkvetch (Astragalus minthorniae)

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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