Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus hypoleucus S.Schauer trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Linnaea 20: 747 (1947) |
Native Range | Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | woody-based, stems silvery pilose, leaves 4-7cm, leaflets 15-21, oblong, acute, silvery pilose, raceme elongate, 3-5cm, many-flowered, pod oblong, falcate, 1cm |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus luisianus M.E.Jones Hamosa hypoleuca (S.Schauer) Rydb. Tragacantha hypoleuca (S.Schauer) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXS Mexico Southwest) |