Fabaceae
Balloonpod milkvetch
Astragalus whitneyi
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Astragalus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Balloonpod milkvetch, Balloon milk-vetch, Balloon milkvetch, Whitney's milkvetch
Synonyms
- Astragalus hookerianus var. whitneyi (A.Gray) M.E.Jones
- Astragalus whitneyi var. whitneyi
- Phaca whitneyi (A.Gray) A.Heller
- Tragacantha whitneyi (A.Gray) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.