Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus shevockii Barneby |
Bibliography | Brittonia 29: 376 (1977) |
Native Range | California (se. Tulare Co.) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1800-2000m |
Description | sparsely hirsute, leaves 2-7cm long, leaflets 9-17, remote, 2-10mm, elliptic, flowers 2-13 in sparse raceme, ascendent, pod ascendent, 15-30mm long, curvate, papery, hirsute |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | creamy |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | 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 | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |