Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus miser Douglas trib. Galegeae |
Synonyms | Astragalus griseopubescens E.Sheld. |
Astragalus strigosus (Kellogg) J.M.Coult. & Fisher | |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | lowland-montane |
Description | leaves 3-16cm, leaflets linear to lanceolate, 5-30mm long, raceme 3-10-flowered, corolla patent, 8-12mm long, pod pendent, linear, 2-3cm long, unilocular |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | purple, ochroleucous |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained 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 ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington ) North-Central U.S.A. Southwestern U.S.A. |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
miser crispatus (M.E.Jones) Cronquist, Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 18 (1953)
miser decumbens (Nutt.) Cronquist, ibid.
miser hylophilus (Rydb.) Barneby, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 482 (1956)
miser oblongifolius (Rydb.) Cronquist, ibid.
miser praeteritus Barneby, ibid.
miser serotinus (A.Gray) Barneby, ibid.
miser tenuifoliius (Nutt.) Barneby, Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 195 (1954)
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