Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus cobrensis A.Gray trib. Galegeae |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-2200m |
Description | shortly scabrous-hirsute, leaves 1-8cm, leaflets broadly ovate, adaxially glabrous, flowers in raceme, patent, numerous, 6-8mm long, pod pendent, sessile, cylindrical |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | whitish pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
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 ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast , Mexico Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACAEAE
cobrensis maguirei Kearney, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 30: 218 (1940)
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