Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus lagopinus (Rydb.) M.Peck trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Man. Pl. Oregon: 445 (1941) |
Native Range | Oregon to ne. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1200-1850m |
Description | grey hirsute, leaves 1-7cm, leaflets 3-11, narrowly elliptic, obtuse or emarginate, inflorescence among leaves, pod adscendent, oblong, curvate, densely hirsute |
Size | 2-7cm |
Color | pink-purple |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus purshii var. lagopinus (Rydb.) Barneby Astragalus viarius Eastw. Xylophacos lagopinus Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |