Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus kerrii P.J.Knight & Cully trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | S. W. Naturalist 36: 198 (1991) |
Native Range | New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1600-2300m |
Description | strigulose, leaves crowded, 2-4cm long, leaflets 9-15, oblong, 2-8mm, raceme 1-4-flowered, flowers 5-6mm, pod patent, shortly pedicellate, ellipsoid, subventricose |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | whitish, lilac |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpinesandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |