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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Field Milk Vetch

Field Milk Vetch

Bloom Season: March - May

Habitat: thrives in vernally moist plains and foothills, such as wet meadows, stream banks, and sagebrush environments

Photography Notes: Susceptible to a breeze

Credits: Randy Squires, 01 June

Astragalus dasyglottis
Astragalus goniatus
Astragalus hypoglottis

Astragalus agrestis is a species of milkvetch known by the common names purple milkvetch, purple loco, and field milkvetch. It is native to much of western and northern North America from most of Canada to the southwestern United States, as well as eastern Asia. It grows in vernally moist areas such as meadows,[2] and is often found in sagebrush.

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Field Milk Vetch (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.