Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus misellus S.Watson trib. Galegeae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-1000m |
Description | taproot, leaves 3-9cm, leaflets 11-13 pairs, small, narrowly oblong, shortly hirsute, flowers 5-15 in lax raceme, pod pendent, shortly hirsute, long pedicellate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | whitish yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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
Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
misellus pauper Barneby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13(2): 458 (1964)
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