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Columbian milk-vetch

Russian milk-vetch, sickle milk-vetch

Astragalus columbianus

Astragalus falcatus

Flowering time April-May July
Habitat Dry, open areas in shrub-steppe. Disturbed, open areas.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to south-central Washington.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest, where known from Whitman County in Washington; British Columbia to Washington and Montana, also in a few scattered locations across North America.
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Origin Native Introduced from Eurasia
Conservation status Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. agrestis, A. alpinus, A. arrectus, A. arthuri, A. arthurii, A. asotinensis, A. australis, A. beckwithii, A. canadensis, A. caricinus, A. cicer, A. collinus, A. conjunctus, A. cusickii, A. diaphanus, A. eucosmus, A. falcatus, A. filipes, A. geyeri, A. hoodianus, A. howellii, A. inflexus, A. kentrophyta, A. laxmannii, A. leibergii, A. lentiginosus, A. lyallii, A. microcystis, A. misellus, A. miser, A. pulsiferae, A. purshii, A. reventiformis, A. reventus, A. riparius, A. robbinsii, A. sclerocarpus, A. sheldonii, A. sinuatus, A. spaldingii, A. speirocarpus, A. succumbens, A. tenellus, A. tweedyi, A. whitneyi
A. agrestis, A. alpinus, A. arrectus, A. arthuri, A. arthurii, A. asotinensis, A. australis, A. beckwithii, A. canadensis, A. caricinus, A. cicer, A. collinus, A. columbianus, A. conjunctus, A. cusickii, A. diaphanus, A. eucosmus, A. filipes, A. geyeri, A. hoodianus, A. howellii, A. inflexus, A. kentrophyta, A. laxmannii, A. leibergii, A. lentiginosus, A. lyallii, A. microcystis, A. misellus, A. miser, A. pulsiferae, A. purshii, A. reventiformis, A. reventus, A. riparius, A. robbinsii, A. sclerocarpus, A. sheldonii, A. sinuatus, A. spaldingii, A. speirocarpus, A. succumbens, A. tenellus, A. tweedyi, A. whitneyi
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