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Pronunciation: as-TRAG-a-lus NOO-tans
Common name: Providence Mountains milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Desert foothills and washes to 6500', creosote bush scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland, eastern Mojave and northern Colorado Deserts
Blooming period: March to June, occasionally fall
Name derivations: 1) Astragalus 2) nutans