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Big Bear Milkvetch, Astragalus Lentiginosus Variety Sierrae, a native perennial monoclinous herb displaying beaked ovate leguminous pod fruit during springtime in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Astragalus purshii is a species of milkvetch known by the common names woollypod milkvetch and Pursh's milkvetch. Great Basin National Park, Nevada.

The plant, astragalus tragacantha, grows on the rocky coast of Sagres in Portugal

Astragalus milkvetch wildflower or Locoweed or Rattleweed in the Faboideae subfamily.

Flowers in the White Mountains in the Aktau mountain range at the Altyn Emel National Park, Kazakhstan. It was created in 1996. The park cover about 4600 kmq between the Lli River and the Aktau mountain range and consit mostly of desert and rocky terrain

$A myrrh bush (Commiphora myrrha) in the dry landscape in the Northern Cape, South Africa, on the border with Namibia. Myrrh resin is used as incense, perfume and medicine, and is considered\na highly valuable commodity, one of the three presented to Mary and Joseph at the birth of Christ.$

A plant not ready to bloom - a lupin flower

Hardy plant found in Northern South Africa.

Near the Indian Cove exhibit of Joshua Tree National Park, many indigenous species of the Mojave Desert compete. Among them is an attractive wildflower known to botany as Astragalus Layneae and commonly as Widows Milkvetch. They can be visualized thriving here as an especially wet winter begins to fade under the warmer caress of spring. The area remains a habitat for native ecology because of minimal development and laws of protection, long may it be that way.

Split rock was a navigation aid to pioneers headed west in early America in Wyoming of North America. In Wild west times it was stage stop and pony express stop.

$The trail to Ka‘ena Point follows an old railroad bed and former dirt road that ran along the westernmost point of O‘ahu. The trail leads to Ka‘ena Point Natural Area Reserve, a remote and scenic protected area harboring some of the last vestiges of coastal sand dune habitat on the island, and home to native plants and seabirds. Whales frequent this shoreline during the winter months.\n\nA hike to Ka‘ena Point can take two routes. From the Wai‘anae side, take the trailhead at the end of the paved road in the Keawaula Section of Ka‘ena Point State Park and follow the dirt roadway for 2.4 miles to Ka‘ena Point Natural Area Reserve. This route follows the shoreline on your left (southwest), characterized by boulder beaches and occasional tidepools, while cliffs rise above you on your right (northeast). Midway along the trail are a pair of small blowholes. In places the old road has eroded completely.$

Flowers of the Missouri Milkvetch grow in the Sandy habitat of Dimple Dell Park near Salt Lake City, Utah

Dhalkut Wilayat, Dhofar Governorate, Oman: incense tree (Boswellia sacra) in the wilderness, mountains near the Yemeni border- the Frankincense tree or olibanum tree is a tree in the Burseraceae family, it is the main representative of the genus Boswellia, from which frankincense is extracted - The resin is harvested via incisions in the trunk or branches of the tree and removing a narrow strip of bark. A milky sap flows out, which coagulates on contact with air and which is then collected by hand - Tentative Unesco world heritage site, the area as a whole including Dhofar region in Oman and Hawf region in Yemen has been described as a center of plant diversity, and as a 'fog oasis' in the Arabian Peninsula which is predominantly arid.

Western Bladderpod, Lesquerella occidentalis; Great Basin National Park, Nevada; Great Basin Desert; Brassicaceae Family

(Cylindropuntia versicolor) Prickly cylindropuntia with yellow fruits with seeds. Arizona cacti, USA

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Africa, Mauritania. The southwestern edge of the Sahara Desert. Blooming Italian Senna (Senna italica, legume family) on the rocky-sandy arid desert soil.

Small-flowered Milkvetch (Astragalus nuttallianus) in bloom.

Desert views in Altyn Emil National Park, Kazakhstan

Wildflowers on cracked land, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

$herbaceous plants and shrubs astragalus,\nastragalus, herbaceous plants and shrubs, thorny astragalus plant,$

Spring Flowers Coming To Life After Winter in Canyon in Colorado Burnt Trees in Sight. Life and Death. Springtime. Resurrection.

Selective Focus of Fuzzy Leaves On Desert Plant in Capitol Reef National Park

Sunset over ridge in Mojave Desert with dramatic sky, light rays, sleet, cholla cactus and yucca.

Pale purple fragrant flowers of Scabiosa stellata on a meadow on a sunny spring day. A plant for use in homeopathy in the natural environment.

Flower bloom in the Green River Desert of Utah. Book Cliffs in the distance.

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