Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus vexilliflexus E.Sheld. |
Synonyms | Astragalus amphiodoxus Blank. |
Astragalus pauciflorus Hook. | |
Habitat | sagebrush wilding |
Description | grey setose, leaves 15-40mm, leaflets 7-13 pairs, elliptic, acute, 5-12mm, raceme lax, 5-10-flowered, flowers 5-8mm long, pod membranous, setose, oblong, 7-11mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple, whitish yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (British Columbia , Saskatchewan ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Montana , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (North Dakota , South Dakota) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
vexilliflexus nubilus Barneby, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 484 (1956)
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