{"product_id":"canada-milk-vetch-astragalus-canadensis","title":"Canada Milk Vetch - Astragalus canadensis","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cu style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eCategory: Perennial, Legume\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eCommon Name: Canadian Milkvetch\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eScientific Name:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Astragalus canadensis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eSun Conditions:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFull Sun\/Partial Shade\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eSoil Conditions:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Dry to Moist\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eHeight Range:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 6-18 in\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eWidth Range:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 12-18 in\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eGrowth Habit:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Summer (June-August)\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Creamy white to pale green\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eBloom Color:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Yes\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eBloom Time:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Green\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eSeed\/Fruit Production:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Upright\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eFoliage Color:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Fast\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eHardiness Zones:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 3 to 9\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eEvergreen:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e No (herbaceous; dies back to a woody rootstock each winter)\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eDeer Resistant:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e No — deer, rabbits, groundhogs and livestock browse it (NC State lists it as a deer-browsing plant)\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eForage:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Browsed by deer, wild turkey, groundhogs, rabbits and livestock — BUT toxic to livestock (see Poisonous); not a safe pasture forage\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePoisonous:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e YES — TOXIC. Contains nitro-compound glycosides (3-nitropropanoic acid\/3-nitropropanol); livestock fatalities have been reported, and NC State flags it as a problem for horses. Keep it out of grazed pastures.\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eWildlife Value Highlights:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Nectar\/pollen for bumblebees, honeybees, leafcutter and mason bees, plus butterflies and hummingbirds; seeds eaten by birds; nitrogen-fixing legume\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eEcological\/Landscape Use:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Prairie plantings, meadows, native\/pollinator gardens, woodland edges; fixes nitrogen; stems may sprawl without neighboring plants for support\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eLepidoptera Supported by Family\/Group:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Host for Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Western Tailed-Blue, Silvery Blue, Northern Cloudywing, Southern Cloudywing, Silver-spotted Skipper, and Wild Indigo Duskywing\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eLepidoptera Supported by Species:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Colias philodice, Colias eurytheme, Cupido comyntas, Cupido amyntula, Glaucopsyche lygdamus, Thorybes pylades, Thorybes bathyllus, Epargyreus clarus, Erynnis baptisiae\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eFor More Info:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e https:\/\/www.missouribotanicalgarden.org\/PlantFinder\/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=280334\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"MTP","offer_id":67604055064861,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/9650\/2557\/files\/canadian-milk-vetch1.jpg?v=1790625533","url":"https:\/\/rewildmemphis.com\/products\/canada-milk-vetch-astragalus-canadensis","provider":"ReWild Memphis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}