Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus missouriensis Nutt. trib. Galegeae |
Synonyms | Astragalus melanocarpus Hook. |
Habitat | american prairie |
Description | appressed silvery hirsute, leaves 4-10cm, leaflets elliptic, 7-15mm, raceme compact, 3-9-flowered, flowers 15-25mm long, pod coriaceous, ventricose, shortly spinescent |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, cushion |
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. (Colorado , Montana , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Iowa , Kansas , Minnesota , North Dakota , Nebraska , Oklahoma , South Dakota ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico , Texas) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
missouriensis accumbens (E.Sheld.) Isely, Syst. Bot. 8(4): 422 (1983)
missouriensis amphibolus Barneby, Amer. Midl. Naturalist. 37: 447 (1947)
missouriensis humistratus Isely, Syst. Bot. 8(4): 423 (1983)
missouriensis mimetes Barneby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13(2): 716 (1964)
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