Astragalus danicus
Retz. · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Astragalus danicus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility21 884 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI30 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics21 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Astragalus danicus, known as purple milk-vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes), which is native to Europe.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction11
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry7
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Astragalus danicus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds6 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alpha-Linolenic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Arginine | present | NPASS | |
| Azukisaponin II | present | LOTUS | |
| epsilon-Polylysine | present | NPASS | |
| Soyasapogenol B-1 | present | LOTUS | |
| Trimethylamine oxide | present | NPASS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Astragalus danicus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Astragalus danicus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1619×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iapt +8
2n 324×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +1
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type21 884 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions29 of 87 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 502 |
| South Kensington, GB | 306 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 165 |
| Tartu, EE | 155 |
| LDlocation not on record | 147 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 145 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 125 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 62 |
| Uppsala, SE | 51 |
| Tallinn, EE | 48 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 46 |
| Voronezh State Universitylocation not on record | 34 |
| BMlocation not on record | 32 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 24 |
| València, ES | 22 |
| Barcelona, ES | 18 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 16 |
| Dresden, DE | 15 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 10 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 10 |
| Görlitz, DE | 10 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 9 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 8 |
| PRClocation not on record | 7 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 7 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 7 |
| Berlin, DE | 7 |
| Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 7 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 7 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 6 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 6 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 5 |
| BClocation not on record | 5 |
| Mlocation not on record | 4 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 4 |
| Urumqi, CN | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universität Erlangen-Nürnberglocation not on record | 4 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 4 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 3 |
| Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation not on record | 3 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| Regensburgische Botanische Gesellschaftlocation not on record | 3 |
| Paris, FR | 3 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| Kostrzyca Forest Gene Banklocation not on record | 3 |
| Gijón, ES | 3 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 3 |
| UoB-IBlocation not on record | 2 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 2 |
| Madrid, ES | 2 |
| ER-Gaucklocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Salamanca, ES | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 2 |
| Helsinki, FI | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Porvoo, FI | 1 |
| Samara National Research Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| NMWlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| ER Hellerlocation not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Astragalus danicus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.