Common name
English: Foxtail milk vetch
German: Fuchsschwanz Tragant
Mandarin: 狐尾黄耆 (hu wei huang qi)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Astragalus (1)
Epithet: alopecurus Pallas (2)
Synonyms: Astragalus centralpinus Braun-Blanq., Astragalus dzhawakheticus Bordz., Astragalus maximus Willd., Tragacantha alopecurus (Pallas) Kuntze, Tragacantha maxima (Willd.) Kuntze
alopecurus => fox tail, fox brush
dzhawakheticus => from the Dzhavakheti region in Georgia at the boarder to Turkey and Armenia representing a part of Transcaucasia
maxima => largest
maximus => largest
Characteristics
Climate: temperate, sub-tropical
Habit: herb
External links
Check for Astragalus alopecurus at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [1393] Astragalus alopecurus - Flora of China @ efloras.org
