Astragalus bisulcatus
two-grooved milkvetch
Accumulation profile
- Substrate
- Seleniferous shale soils
- Habitat
- Arid rangeland over selenium-rich rock
- Distribution
- North America (western)
- First reported
- 1936 · Beath et al.
- Verification
- review-cited
Description & ecology
A classic selenium accumulator of the American West, converting selenium into organic forms; historically important in livestock selenosis ('blind staggers').
References
- White, P. J. (2016). Selenium accumulation by plants. Annals of Botany, 117, 217–235. doi:10.1093/aob/mcv180
- Reeves, R. D., Baker, A. J. M., Jaffré, T., Erskine, P. D., Echevarria, G., & van der Ent, A. (2018). A global database for plants that hyperaccumulate metal and metalloid trace elements. New Phytologist, 218, 407–411. doi:10.1111/nph.14907