Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus grayi Parry ex S.Watson |
Bibliography | Amer. Naturalist 8: 212 (1874) |
Native Range | Montana to Wyoming |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1700m |
Description | leaflets 3-11pairs, linear, rigid, erect to ascendent, thinly long hirsute, inflorescence 2-7cm, flowers 10-30, crowded, pod oblong, green, carnose, glabrous |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | creamy |
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 |
Synonyms | Cnemidophacos grayi (Parry ex S.Watson) Rydb. Ctenophyllum grayi (Parry ex S.Watson) Rydb. Tragacantha grayi (Parry ex S.Watson) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |