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§1 Plant

Astragalus glycyphyllos L.

vernacular licorice milkvetch — species · Fabaceae


USDA
ASGL4
GBIF
5346998
Rank
species
licorice milkvetch (Astragalus glycyphyllos)
Platephotograph · Zdeňka NovákováCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Astragalus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 4 counties across 3 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 4 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 4 counties across 3 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ASGL4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5346998 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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