{{Short description|Species of plant}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023 }} {{Speciesbox | image = Astragalus miser - 52284375614.jpg | image_caption = Close-up of flowers | image2 = Astragalus miser - timber milkvetch - 53009907553.jpg | image2_caption = Habit | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Contu, S. |year=2012 |title=''Astragalus miser'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T19893117A20016896 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19893117A20016896.en |access-date=8 November 2023 }}</ref> | status2 = {{TNCStatus}} | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name="NatureServe">{{cite web |last1=NatureServe |title=''Astragalus miser'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130861/Astragalus_miser |access-date=19 April 2024 |location=Arlington, Virginia |date=2024}}</ref> | genus = Astragalus | species = miser | authority = Douglas ex Hook. | synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO_478687-1" /> | synonyms = {{Collapsible list| *''Astragalus campestris'' var. ''crispatus'' {{small|M.E.Jones}} *''Astragalus campestris'' var. ''hylophilus'' {{small|(Rydb.) M.E.Jones}} *''Astragalus campestris'' var. ''serotinus'' {{small|(A.Gray ex E.Cooper) M.E.Jones}} *''Astragalus carltonii'' {{small|J.F.Macbr.}} *''Astragalus convallarius'' var. ''hylophilus'' {{small|(Rydb.) Tidestr.}} *''Astragalus decumbens'' {{small|(Nutt.) A.Gray}} *''Astragalus decumbens'' var. ''crispatus'' {{small|(M.E.Jones) Barneby}} *''Astragalus decumbens'' var. ''decurrens'' {{small|(Rydb.) Cronquist}} *''Astragalus decumbens'' var. ''oblongifolius'' {{small|(Rydb.) Cronquist}} *''Astragalus decumbens'' var. ''serotinus'' {{small|(A.Gray ex E.Cooper) M.E.Jones}} *''Astragalus divergens'' {{small|Blank.}} *''Astragalus garrettii'' {{small|J.F.Macbr.}} *''Astragalus griseopubescens'' {{small|E.Sheld.}} *''Astragalus hylophilus'' {{small|(Rydb.) A.Nelson}} *''Astragalus hylophilus'' var. ''oblongifolius'' {{small|(Rydb.) J.F.Macbr.}} *''Astragalus hypoglottis'' var. ''strigosus'' {{small|Kellogg}} *''Astragalus miser'' var. ''decurrens'' {{small|(Rydb.) Cronquist}} *''Astragalus palliseri'' {{small|A.Gray}} *''Astragalus rydbergii'' {{small|J.F.Macbr.}} *''Astragalus serotinus'' {{small|A.Gray ex E.Cooper}} *''Astragalus serotinus'' var. ''palliseri'' {{small|(A.Gray) J.F.Macbr.}} *''Astragalus serotinus'' var. ''strigosus'' {{small|(Kellogg) J.F.Macbr.}} *''Astragalus strigosus'' {{small|(Kellogg) J.M.Coult. & Fisher}} *''Homalobus camporum'' {{small|Rydb.}} *''Homalobus decumbens'' {{small|Nutt.}} *''Homalobus decurrens'' {{small|Rydb.}} *''Homalobus divergens'' {{small|(Blank.) Rydb.}} *''Homalobus hitchcockii'' {{small|Rydb.}} *''Homalobus humilis'' {{small|Rydb.}} *''Homalobus hylophilus'' {{small|Rydb.}} *''Homalobus microcarpus'' {{small|Rydb.}} *''Homalobus miser'' {{small|(Douglas ex Hook.) Rydb.}} *''Homalobus oblongifolius'' {{small|Rydb.}} *''Homalobus palliseri'' {{small|(A.Gray) Rydb.}} *''Homalobus paucijugus'' {{small|Rydb.}} *''Homalobus serotinus'' {{small|(A.Gray ex E.Cooper) Rydb.}} *''Homalobus strigosus'' {{small|(Kellogg) Rydb.}} *''Homalobus tenuifolius'' {{small|Nutt.}} *''Phaca decumbens'' {{small|(Nutt.) Piper}} *''Phaca misera'' {{small|(Douglas ex Hook.) Piper}} *''Phaca serotina'' {{small|(A.Gray ex E.Cooper) Piper}} *''Tium miserum'' {{small|(Douglas ex Hook.) Rydb.}} *''Tragacantha decumbens'' {{small|(Nutt.) Kuntze}} *''Tragacantha misera'' {{small|(Douglas ex Hook.) Kuntze}} *''Tragacantha palliseri'' {{small|(A.Gray) Kuntze}} *''Tragacantha serotina'' {{small|(A.Gray ex E.Cooper) Kuntze}} }}}}
'''''Astragalus miser''''', the '''timber milkvetch''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.<ref name="ASMI9" >{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASMI9 |title=''Astragalus miser'' Douglas ex Hook. |last1=Marcus |first1=Joseph A. |date=27 June 2023 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=8 November 2023 }}</ref> A perennial, it is native to western North America, except California.<ref name="POWO_478687-1" >{{cite POWO |id=478687-1 |title=''Astragalus miser'' Douglas ex Hook. |access-date=8 November 2023 }}</ref> One of the locoweeds toxic to livestock, it contains miserotoxin.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Miserotoxin, new naturally occurring nitro compound |date=1969 |last1=Stermitz |first1=Frank R. |last2=Norris |first2=Frank A. |last3=Williams |first3=Miles Coburn |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=91 |issue=16 |pages=4599–4600 |doi=10.1021/ja01044a078 |bibcode=1969JAChS..91.4599S }}</ref>
The Sylix/Okanagan use timber milkvetch blooming as a sign that the edible cambium and inner bark of the lodgepole pine is ready to harvest.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Turner |first=Nancy J. |last2=Reid |first2=Andrea J. |date=November 7, 2022 |title=“When the Wild Roses Bloom”: Indigenous Knowledge and Environmental Change in Northwestern North America |url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GH000612 |journal=GeoHealth |language=en |volume=6 |issue=11 |doi=10.1029/2022GH000612 |issn=2471-1403 |pmc=9665002 |pmid=36398276}}</ref>
==Subtaxa== The following varieties are accepted:<ref name=" POWO_478687-1" /> *''Astragalus miser'' var. ''crispatus'' {{small|(M.E.Jones) Cronquist}} – Idaho, Montana *''Astragalus miser'' var. ''decumbens'' {{small|(Nutt.) Cronquist}} – Montana, Wyoming *''Astragalus miser'' var. ''hylophilus'' {{small|(Rydb.) Barneby}} – Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota *''Astragalus miser'' var. ''miser'' – British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana *''Astragalus miser'' var. ''oblongifolius'' {{small|(Rydb.) Cronquist}} – Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico *''Astragalus miser'' var. ''praeteritus'' {{small|Barneby}} – Idaho, Montana, Wyoming *''Astragalus miser'' var. ''serotinus'' {{small|(A.Gray ex E.Cooper) Barneby}} – Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana *''Astragalus miser'' var. ''tenuifolius'' {{small|(Nutt.) Barneby}} – Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
==References== {{Reflist}}
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miser Category:Flora of British Columbia Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States Category:Flora of New Mexico Category:Flora of South Dakota Category:Plants described in 1831
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