| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus pehuenches Niederl. |
| Synonyms | Astragalus grandis (Kuntze) Speg. |
| Astragalus megalocarpus Speg. | |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-2300m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves 5-9cm long, leaflets 14-19 pairs, oblong, mucronulate, flowers 6-9, to 1cm long, in capitate raceme, pod ventricose, glabrous, papery, 24-40mm long |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | blue, violet, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Argentina Northwest , Chile Central) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
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