Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus perianus Barneby trib. Galegeae |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 2200-3200m |
Description | greyish, leaves 1-4cm long, thinly petiolate, leaflets 11-17 pairs, obovate, obtuse, 5-20mm long, raceme lax, 3-7-flowered, pod broadly ovoid, ventricose, 13-24mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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