| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus newberryi A.Gray trib. Galegeae |
| Synonyms | Astragalus eriocarpus S.Watson |
| Astragalus suturalis E.Sheld. | |
| Astragalus watsonianus (Kuntze) E.Sheld. | |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1200-2400m |
| Description | grey sericeous, acaulescent, leaves 3-12cm, elliptic-ovate, 5-20mm, raceme 2-6-flowered, corolla 20-25mm, pod densely lanate, ventricose, ligneous, 15-30mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | dry, 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
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Oregon ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
newberryi aquarii Isely, Syst. Bot. 8(4): 423 (1983)
newberryi blyae (Rose ex Rydb.) Barneby, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 37: 480 (1947)
newberryi castoreus M.E.Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2. 5: 658 (1895)
newberryi escalantinus Barneby, Intermount. Fl. [A.Cronquist & al.] 3B: 128 (1989)
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