Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis lambertii Pursh trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 740 (1813) |
Native Range | c. Canada to nw. & nc. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | acaulescent, grey sericeous, leaves to 20cm, pinnate, leaflets 7-15 pairs, ovate to linear, flowers 10-25, to 25mm long, in raceme |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | pink, purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C half-ripe cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Aragallus angustatus Rydb. Aragallus aven-nelsonii Lunell Aragallus falcatus Greene Aragallus formosus Greene Aragallus involutus A.Nelson Aragallus lambertii (Pursh) Greene Aragallus plattensis (Nutt.) Rydb. Astragalus lambertii Spreng Oxytropis angustata (Rydb.) A.Nelson Oxytropis aven-nelsonii (Lunell) A.Nelson Oxytropis bushii Gand. Oxytropis falcata (Greene) A.Nelson Oxytropis hookeriana Nutt. Oxytropis involuta (A.Nelson) K.Schum. Oxytropis lambertii f. canadensis Gand. Oxytropis lambertii f. mixta Gand. Oxytropis mixta Gand. Oxytropis plattensis Nutt. Spiesia lambertii (Pursh) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) |