Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus cimae M.E.Jones trib. Galegeae |
Habitat | sagebrush wilding |
Altitude | 1400-1900m |
Description | carnose, leaves 5-11cm, leaflets 11-23 pairs, obovate to orbiculate, obtuse or emarginate, flowers 10-25 in raceme, pod ascendent or patent, oblong, glabrous |
Size | 2-20cm |
Color | reddish purple, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
Cultivation | 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
Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
cimae sufflatus Barneby, Aliso 2: 208 (1950)
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