Astragalus alpinus var. alpinus

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Subarctic and Subalpine Northern Hemisphere. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Austria, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
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  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2013). Conspectus florae resource rezervat "Suntar-Hayata" republic Sakha (Yakutia). Rastitel'nyj mir Aziatskoj Rossii 1(11): 47-57.
  • Podlech, D & Zarre, S. (2013). A taxonomic revision of the genus Astragalus L. (Leguminosae) in the Old World 2: 823-1640. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Yakovlev, G.P., Sytin, A.K. & Roskov, Y.R. (1996). Legumes of Northern Eurasia. A checklist: 1-724. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 3: 1-513. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gontscharov, N. F. (1946). In: Flora URSS, Vol. 12. Mosqua, Leningrad. (Rus)
  • Rothmaler W. & al. (1988). Exkursionsflora fur die Gebiete der DDR und der BRD. Bd. 2.
  • Sokolov, P. D. (1987). Rastitelnye resursy SSR. (Vol 4). Leningrad(Rus.)
  • Stace, C. (1991). New Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge Univ. Press
  • Yakovlev G., Sytin, Roskov (1996). Legumes of Northern Eurasia: a Check-list. RBG Kew 724 p.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Science Photographs

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  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0