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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen
| name = ''Astragalus canadensis''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Galegeae]]
| genus = ''[[Astragalus]]''
| species = '''''A. canadensis'''''
| binomial = ''Astragalus canadensis''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Astragalus canadensis''''' is a common and widespread member of the [[Astragalus|milkvetch genus]] in the [[Fabaceae|legume family]], known commonly as '''Canadian milkvetch'''. The plant is found throughout Canada and the United States in many habitats including wetlands, woodlands, and prairies. It sends out several thin, erect, green stems, bearing leaves that are actually made up of pairs of leaflets, each leaflet up to 3 centimeters in length. It has inflorescences of tubular, greenish-white flowers which yield beanlike fruits within pods that rattle when dry. Like other ''Astragalus'' species, ''A. canadensis'' is somewhat toxic, but it has been used medicinally by Native American groups such as the [[Blackfoot]] and [[Lakota people]], particularly the roots.


==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASCA11 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Astragalus_canadensis_page.html Photo Gallery]
*[http://wildflower.utexas.edu/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASCA11 Native Plants of Texas]
*[http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Astragalus+canadensis Ethnobotany]
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Flora of the United States]]
[[Category:Flora of Canada]]