| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus ceramicus E.Sheld. trib. Galegeae |
| Synonyms | Astragalus angustus (M.E.Jones) M.E.Jones |
| Astragalus pictus (A.Gray) A.Gray | |
| Habitat | american prairie |
| Description | greyish, leaves usually absent, only rachis with 1-few linear leaflets, 5-13cm long, raceme 3-10-flowered, corolla 6-9mm long, pod ventricose, purple variegate, glabrous |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | whitish yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
| 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
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) North-Central U.S.A. (Kansas ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , 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
cramicus apus Barneby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13(1): 341 (1964)
ceramicus filifolius (A.Gray) F.J.Herm., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 38(7): 237 (1948)
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