Fabaceae
Basalt milkvetch
Astragalus filipes
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Astragalus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Basalt milkvetch
Synonyms
- Astragalus filipes var. filipes
- Astragalus filipes var. residuus Jeps.
- Astragalus leptophyllus Nutt.
- Astragalus macgregorii (Rydb.) Tidestr.
- Astragalus stenophyllus Torr. & A.Gray
- Astragalus stenophyllus var. filipes (Torr. ex A.Gray) Tidestr.
- Astragalus stenophyllus var. residuus (Jeps.) Barneby
- Homalobus filipes (Torr. ex A.Gray) A.Heller
- Homalobus macgregorii Rydb.
- Homalobus stenophyllus (Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb.
- Phaca stenophylla (Torr. & A.Gray) Piper
- Solenotus stenophyllus (Torr. & A.Gray) Steven
- Tragacantha filipes (Torr. ex A.Gray) Kuntze
- Tragacantha stenophylla (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.