Fabaceae

Mountain lentil

Astragalus penduliflorus Lam.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Astragalus

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Mountain lentil (Astragalus penduliflorus) — FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 欧亚膜荚黄芪
English: Mountain lentil
German: Blasen-Tragant
Slovenian: Kimastocvetni grahovec

Synonyms

Astragalus alpinus (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Astragalus penduliflorus f. microcarpus Bolzon
Astragalus ramosissimus Scop.
Colutea alpina Lam.
Colutea arborescens var. alpestris Bolzon
Phaca alpina L.
Phaca penduliflora (Lam.) Dusen
Phaca penduliflora (Lam.) Bech.
Tragacantha penduliflora (Lam.) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 35 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ana Garcia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Christian Pietzsch, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Thommybe assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christian Ledergerber, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.