''Astragalus praelongus'' (stinking milkvetch) is a
perennial plant in the legume family (
) found in the
Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.
[Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ] It's fleshy seedpods become woody with age.
[ It grows in soils containing selenium.][
''A. praelongus'' var. ''ellisiae'' was named for ]Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis
Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis (June 27, 1874 – March 17, 1956) was an American amateur plant collector active in New Mexico. She discovered several plant taxa and collected some 500 plant specimens.
She was born to frontier family and had little ...
, who collected the holotype specimen in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico near where she lived.
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