Astragalus kentrophyta is a species of milkvetch known by the common name spiny milkvetch. It is native to western North America from central to west Canada, to California, to New Mexico. It grows in rocky mountainous areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, and on plateaus.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Woodinessnon-woody
05DNA & barcoding6 specimens
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 kentrophyta has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections5
Countries2
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.
★rbcL4★rbcLa★ITS6★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type698 records
Wild obs. + sensor490
Museum / vouchered208
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 740 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 298≤1 km 33≤10 km 14>10 km 42
387 georeferenced · 103 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor490
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 accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 4≤1 km 45≤10 km 30>10 km 2
81 georeferenced · 127 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence208
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 institutions34 of 47 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Moscow, US
32
Logan, US
19
US
18
Riverside, US
14
Pocatello, US
9
Bronx, US
9
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
8
Flagstaff, US
7
Lincoln, US
7
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
7
Boise, US
6
Denver, US
6
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
Provo, US
4
Bozeman, US
4
Spearfish, US
3
Phoenix, US
3
Bangkok, TH
3
Albuquerque, US
3
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
2
Claremont, US
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Santa Barbara, US
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
2
Pullman, US
2
Davenport, US
2
Corvallis, US
2
GB
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Xiamen, CN
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Paris, FR
1
Missoula, US
1
Columbia, US
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
1
Millersville, US
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Grand Junction, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
Durango, US
1
Caldwell, US
1
47 institutions · 206 of 208 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Astragalus kentrophyta 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 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 median23.0 °C 23.0–23.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.0 °C
Max temp (day)28.2 °C
Min temp (night)18.2 °C
Precipitation146 mm/mo
Air humidity58.3 %
Moisture balance-49.4 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,168 Pa
Wind speed5.50 m/s
Cloud cover33.8 %
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 Facility698 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗