Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus amblytropis Barneby |
Bibliography | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 41: 501 (1949) |
Native Range | Idaho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1500-2200m |
Description | taproot, leaves 2-5cm, grey strigose, leaflets 9-13 pairs, oblong-ovate, emarginate, 5-10mm, flowers 3-11 in raceme, corolla 6-8mm, pod sessile, ventricose, ovoid, 2-4cm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | umber, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho) |