Plant Signs

Braunton's Milkvetch

Astragalus brauntonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Brewer's Milkvetch

Astragalus breweri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Klamath Milkvetch

Astragalus californicus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 18 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Cream

Wildlife supported:

Torrey's Milkvetch

Astragalus calycosus

Calscape.org

© 2008 Stan Shebs

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Torrey's Milkvetch

Astragalus calycosus var. calycosus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Canadian Milkvetch

Astragalus canadensis

Calscape.org

© Copyright 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 22 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Shorttooth Canadian Milkvetch

Astragalus canadensis var. brevidens

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 22 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Case's Milkvetch

Astragalus casei

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Cima Milkvetch

Astragalus cimae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Cima Milkvetch

Astragalus cimae var. cimae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 - 10 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Inflated Cima Milkvetch

Astragalus cimae var. sufflatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 - 10 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Clara Hunt's Milkvetch

Astragalus claranus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 5 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Cleveland's Milkvetch

Astragalus clevelandii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Scarlet Milkvetch

Astragalus coccineus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Congdon's Milkvetch

Astragalus congdonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

Wildlife supported:

Salton Milkvetch

Astragalus crotalariae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Morro Milkvetch

Astragalus curtipes

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, White

Wildlife supported:

Curvepod Milkvetch

Astragalus curvicarpus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Sickle Milkvetch

Astragalus curvicarpus var. curvicarpus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Dean's Milkvetch

Astragalus deanei

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Dwarf White Milkvetch

Astragalus didymocarpus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Dwarf White Milkvetch

Astragalus didymocarpus var. didymocarpus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Dwarf White Milkvetch

Astragalus didymocarpus var. dispermus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 11 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Miles' Milkvetch

Astragalus didymocarpus var. milesianus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall

Wildlife supported:

San Obispo Milkvetch

Astragalus didymocarpus var. obispoensis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 10 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Douglas' Milkvetch

Astragalus douglasii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Jacumba Milk-vetch

Astragalus douglasii var. douglasii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 28 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Astragalus douglasii var. parishii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Jacumba Milkvetch

Astragalus douglasii var. perstrictus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Tamara Klug

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Walker Pass Milkvetch

Astragalus ertterae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 4 in tall

Flower Color: Cream

Wildlife supported:

Basalt Milkvetch

Astragalus filipes

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Black Milkvetch

Astragalus funereus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 0.8 - 3 in tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Gambel's Dwarf Milk Vetch

Astragalus gambelianus

Calscape.org

© 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Elmer's Dwarf Milk Vetch

Astragalus gambelianus var. elmeri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2002 Doreen L. Smith

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Geyer's Milkvetch

Astragalus geyeri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Geyer's Milkvetch

Astragalus geyeri var. geyeri

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.4 - 8 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Gibbs' Milkvetch

Astragalus gibbsii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 14 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream

Wildlife supported:

Gilman's Milkvetch

Astragalus gilmanii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Horn's Milkvetch

Astragalus hornii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2013 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Horn's Milkvetch

Astragalus hornii var. hornii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 4 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Cedros Milkvetch

Astragalus insularis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Duncan S. Bell

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Harwood's Milkvetch

Astragalus insularis var. harwoodii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2010 Duncan S. Bell

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Susanville Milkvetch

Astragalus inversus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, Red

Wildlife supported:

Inyo Milkvetch

Astragalus inyoensis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 24 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Humboldt River Milkvetch

Astragalus iodanthus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Snake Milkvetch

Astragalus iodanthus var. diaphanoides

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Humboldt River Milkvetch

Astragalus iodanthus var. iodanthus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2009 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Lane Mountain Milkvetch

Astragalus jaegerianus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 1985 California Native Plant Society

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Long Valley Milkvetch

Astragalus johannis-howellii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Spiny Milkvetch

Astragalus kentrophyta

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Gary A. Monroe

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Sweetwater Mountains Milkvetch

Astragalus kentrophyta var. danaus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Spiny-leaved Milkvetch

Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Mat Milkvetch

Astragalus kentrophyta var. tegetarius

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Spiny Milkvetch

Astragalus kentrophyta var. ungulatus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Layne Milkvetch

Astragalus layneae

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Lemmon's Milkvetch

Astragalus lemmonii

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Green

Wildlife supported:

Lens-pod Milkvetch

Astragalus lentiformis

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Wildlife supported:

Spotted Locoweed

Astragalus lentiginosus

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Northern Freckled Milkvetch

Astragalus lentiginosus var. albifolius

Calscape.org

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

San Antonio Milkvetch

Astragalus lentiginosus var. antonius

Calscape.org

Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported: