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Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area

Astragalus depressus

Family : LEGUMINOSAE/FABACEAE (Pea Family)
Common Name (UK) : - not found -
Common Name (DE) : - not found -
Common Name (FR) : Astragale prostré
Habitat : Rocky places and dry grasslands above 800 meters.
Remarks : Identification uncertain. May be Astragalus cicer. A. depressus is described as looking as if having been trampled. It grows prostrate against the ground, the white flowers often seeming to be crushed.
First appearing : August
Abundance :

  • Photo Date :August 5, 2006
  • Location :Near the Tagweidlichopf summit (Bad Ragaz, Switzerland).
    N46° 58.883' E9° 25.525'