| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus cottonii M.E.Jones |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | alpine |
| Description | grey villose, leaves subsessile, 2-4cm long, leaflets 11-17 pairs, linear-elliptic to oblong, 8-16mm, raceme 7-20-flowered, lax, pod intensely ventricose, glabrous |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | whitish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Washington) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
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