Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus moencoppensis M.E.Jones |
Habitat | semideserts of w. USA |
Altitude | 1400-2100m |
Description | yellow-green, leaves 6-14cm, leaflets 9-13 pairs, remote, linear-filiform, acute, revolute, raceme lax, 10-30-flowered, pod oblong-ellipsoid, 5-8mm long |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | blue, lilac |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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