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Astragalus nevinii

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Fabaceae

Scientific name
  
Astragalus nevinii

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Fabales

Genus
  
Astragalus

Higher classification
  
Milkvetch

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Astragalus nevinii is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common name San Clemente Island milkvetch. It is endemic to San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California. This is perennial herb growing upright 10 to 30 centimeters tall. It is coated in woolly, tangled hairs. Its leaves are up to 8 centimeters long and are made up of many oblong leaflets. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of up to 30 cream-colored flowers, each around a centimeter in length. The fruit is a hanging legume pod up to 2 centimeters long which is papery in texture and mostly hairless.

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