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Pallid milk vetch

Astragalus frigidus (L.) A.Gray

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Astragalus

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Pallid milk vetch: Astragalus frigidus
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (14)
Arabic
قنصور برودي
Chinese
广布黄耆, 廣布黃耆, 冷地黄芪, 天山黄耆, 广布黄芪, 广布黄蓍
Czech
Kozinec chladnomilný
English
Pallid milk vetch, Pallid milk-vetch, Pallid milkvetch, Yellow alpine milk vetch, Yellow alpine milk-vetch, Yellow alpine milkvetch
Finnish
Peuranvirna
German
Gletscher-Tragant, Gletscherlinse
hsb
Lodowcowy kozync
Japanese
リシリオウギ
Norwegian Bokmål
Gulmjelt
Polish
Traganek wytrzymały
Russian
Астрагал холодный, Астрагал Григорьева, Астрагал кольский
se
Gottesáhpal
Slovak
Kozinec ľadomilný
Swedish
Isvedel

Synonyms

  • Astragaloides frigida (L.) Medik.
  • Astragalus exaltatus (Ledeb.) Bunge
  • Astragalus exaltatus f. glaber Litv.
  • Astragalus frigidus subsp. frigidus
  • Astragalus frigidus subsp. grigorjewii (B.Fedtsch.) Chater
  • Astragalus frigidus subsp. minutulus Kuvaev
  • Astragalus frigidus subsp. parviflorus (Ledeb.) Hultén
  • Astragalus frigidus subsp. secundus (DC.) Vorosch.
  • Astragalus frigidus var. grigorjewii (B.Fedtsch.) Jurtzev
  • Astragalus grigorjewi B.Fedtsch.
  • Astragalus kolaensis Kuzen.
  • Astragalus pubescens Schrank
  • Astragalus secundus DC.
  • Colutea frigida (L.) Poir.
  • Phaca alpina O.F.Müll.
  • Phaca exaltata Fisch. ex Sweet
  • Phaca frigida L.
  • Phaca frigida var. brevipes Ledeb.
  • Phaca frigida var. exaltata Ledeb.
  • Phaca frigida var. parviflora Ledeb.
  • Phaca ochreata Crantz
  • Phaca parviflora Turcz.
  • Phaca umbellata Nyman
  • Tragacantha frigida (L.) Kuntze
  • Tragacantha secunda (DC.) Kuntze

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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.