Fabaceae
Indian milkvetch
Astragalus australis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Astragalus
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Common names
By language (5)
- English
- Indian milkvetch, Indian milk-vetch, Subarctic milk-vetch
- German
- Südlicher Tragant
- hsb
- Awstralski kozync
- Polish
- Traganek jasny
- Slovenian
- Južni grahovec
Synonyms
- Astragalina australis (L.) Bubani
- Astragaloides australis (L.) Medik.
- Astragalus australis f. gerardi (Vill.) Rouy
- Astragalus australis f. simonkaianus Guşul.
- Astragalus australis prol. balmaeus (Beauverd) Asch. & Graebn.
- Astragalus australis prol. bucsecsi Jáv.
- Astragalus australis prol. gerardi (Vill.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Astragalus australis subsp. gerardi (Vill.) Arcang.
- Astragalus australis subsp. gerardii (Vill.) P.Fourn.
- Astragalus australis subsp. krajinae (Domin) Domin
- Astragalus australis var. balmaeus Beauverd
- Astragalus australis var. bucsecsi (Jáv.) Guşul.
- Astragalus australis var. canescens Beauverd
- Astragalus australis var. cenisia Gaudin
- Astragalus australis var. gerardii (Vill.) Coulot & Rabaute
- Astragalus australis var. glaberrimus B.Kotula
- Astragalus australis var. glabrescens Wohlf.
- Astragalus australis var. incanus B.Kotula
- Astragalus australis var. minor Rouy
- Astragalus australis var. rubra Gaudin
- Astragalus bucegii Prodan
- Astragalus chorinensis f. sericea Kjellm.
- Astragalus gerardii (Vill.) Janka
- Astragalus helveticus (Hartmann) O.Schwarz
- Astragalus krajinae Domin
- Astragalus majellensis A.Huet ex Nyman
- Colutea australis (L.) Lam.
- Colutea glabra (Clarion) Poir.
- Phaca australis L.
- Phaca australis subsp. gerardi (Vill.) Bonnier & Layens
- Phaca australis var. cenisia Gaudin
- Phaca australis var. rubra Gaudin
- Phaca gerardii Vill.
- Phaca glabra Clarion
- Phaca glabra Simonk.
- Phaca halleri Vill.
- Phaca helvetica Hartmann
- Phaca magellensis A.Huet ex Bunge
- Tragacantha australis (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 112 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Spencer Quayle, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Spencer Quayle, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: lallen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brian Dickerson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.