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Overlapping milk vetch

Astragalus cephalotes Banks & Sol.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Astragalus

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Overlapping milk vetch: Astragalus cephalotes in the Botanischer Garten, Berlin-Dahlem
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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Overlapping milk vetch

Synonyms

  • Astracantha andrachnifolia (Fenzl) Podlech
  • Astracantha cephalotes (Banks & Sol.) Podlech
  • Astracantha hilaris (Bunge) Podlech
  • Astracantha imbricata (Boriss.) Podlech
  • Astracantha sommieri (Freyn) Podlech
  • Astragalus aduncus Hohen.
  • Astragalus andrachne Bunge
  • Astragalus andrachne var. sefinensis (Bornm.) Širj.
  • Astragalus andrachne var. sintenisianus Širj.
  • Astragalus andrachneifolius Fenzl
  • Astragalus andrachneifolius subsp. stenorrhachis (Fisch.) Bornm.
  • Astragalus andrachneifolius var. depauperatus Eig
  • Astragalus andrachneifolius var. grandiflorus Eig
  • Astragalus andrachnifolius Fenzl
  • Astragalus bakakrianus Ponert
  • Astragalus brevicalyx (Eig) Ponert
  • Astragalus cephalotes var. brevicalyx Eig
  • Astragalus cephalotes var. crassiusculus Eig
  • Astragalus cephalotes var. sintenisianus (Širj.) D.F.Chamb. & V.A.Matthews
  • Astragalus hilaris Bunge
  • Astragalus imbricatus (Boriss.) Boriss.
  • Astragalus sefinensis Bornm.
  • Astragalus sommieri Freyn
  • Astragalus stenorhachis Fisch.
  • Astragalus stereophyllus Freyn & Bornm.
  • Tragacantha andrachne (Bunge) Kuntze
  • Tragacantha andrachnifolia (Fenzl) Kuntze
  • Tragacantha cephalotes (Banks & Sol.) Kuntze
  • Tragacantha hilaris (Bunge) Kuntze
  • Tragacantha imbricata Boriss.
  • Tragacantha sommieri Boriss.

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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). About our plant data.