Fabaceae

Purple milk vetch

Astragalus hypoglottis L.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus

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Purple milk vetch (Astragalus hypoglottis) — Photo: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Purple milk vetch, Purple milk-vetch, Purple milkvetch, Tongue-under-tongue
French: Astragale pourpre

Synonyms

Astragalus dasyglottis var. hypoglottis (L.) Pall.
Astragalus onobrychis subsp. hypoglottis (L.) Bonnier & Layens
Phaca hypoglottis (L.) MacMill.
Solenotus hypoglottis (L.) Steven
Tragacantha hypoglottis (L.) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Antoine Thivolle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefdn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefdn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Antoine Thivolle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.