Astragalus praelongus

Astragalus praelongus (stinking milkvetch) is a perennial plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.

[2]: 43  It's fleshy seedpods become woody with age.

[2]: 43  It grows in soils containing selenium.

ellisiae was named for Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis, who collected the holotype specimen in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico near where she lived.

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