Astragalus filipes is a species of milkvetch known by the common name basalt milkvetch. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in many types of habitat, especially dry areas.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 filipes has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections2
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK2★rbcL1★rbcLa★ITS4★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAstragalus filipes 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.
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.
Chromosomes2n = 24 n = 12
Ploidypolyploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 241×CCDB · Cave1957
CCDB · Cave1957 — Head
n 111×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Spellenberg, R. 1981. Chromosome numbers and their cytotaxonomic significance for North American Astragalus (Fabaceae). Taxon 25: 463–472.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 313≤1 km 32≤10 km 19>10 km 18
382 georeferenced · 162 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor544
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.
Coordinate accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 109≤1 km 220≤10 km 231>10 km 26
586 georeferenced · 591 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 177
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions47 of 69 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
189
Corvallis, US
186
Pullman, US
103
WTUlocation not on record
94
Moscow, US
79
Caldwell, US
54
Logan, US
51
Boise, US
45
Claremont, US
42
Pocatello, US
31
CASlocation not on record
21
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
20
Santa Barbara, US
19
Riverside, US
16
San Diego, US
15
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
15
Bend, US
13
Provo, US
13
Flagstaff, US
11
ASUlocation not on record
9
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
9
Davis, US
9
Arcata, US
8
DOI/NPS, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preservelocation not on record
6
Henderson, US
6
LDlocation not on record
5
Vancouver, CA
5
Victoria, CA
5
IDElocation not on record
4
VALElocation not on record
4
Portland, US
3
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
3
US
3
Angwin, US
3
Pittsburg, US
3
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
3
San Luis Obispo, US
3
Mexico City, MX
3
Ashland, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
Minia, EG
2
Denver, US
2
Los Angeles, US
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Officelocation not on record
1
US
1
Bergen, NO
1
Chadron, US
1
GB
1
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
1
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record
1
Orem, US
1
Ensenada, MX
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Macomb, US
1
Brookings, US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Bozeman, US
1
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
1
Grand Junction, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
San Francisco, US
1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
La Paz, MX
1
69 institutions · 1 147 of 1 177 vouchered records shown · 30 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Astragalus filipes 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
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median13.7 °C 13.7–13.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.8 °C
Max temp (day)20.1 °C
Min temp (night)7.70 °C
Precipitation34.3 mm/mo
Air humidity53.8 %
Moisture balance-105 mm/mo
Vapour deficit724 Pa
Wind speed4.40 m/s
Cloud cover37.5 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 723 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗