Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus cremnophylax Barneby |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1900-2200m |
Description | silvery, leaves 3-30mm, leaflets crowded, linear-elliptic, racemes 1-3-flowered, amongst leaves, pod ovoid, 3-4mm long, variegate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub |
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 |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
cremnophylax hevronii Barneby, Brittonia 44: 238 (1992)
cremnophylax myriorrhaphis Barneby, Brittonia 31: 463 (1979)
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