Participant Info

Species

Astragalus australis [Astragalus aboriginorum]

Family

Fabaceae

CommonName

Indian milkvetch

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1899

LatestDate

2000

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Saguache

Passes

Cochetopa, La Veta

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. There are only six records of Indian milkvetch from the Watershed, several around Creede, one near Cochetopa Pass, one near La Veta Pass, and one from around the Rio de los Pinos of Conejos Co. Ackerfield calls the species “uncommon’ and shows a distribution running down the central mountains of CO. The Watershed records mark the southeastern corner of the USA distribution, which generally follows the Rocky Mountain on up to Canada, with occurrences also in northeast Nevada, Utah, and North and South Dakota.

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