Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus sinuatus Piper |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 40 (1901) |
Native Range | British Columbia to Washington |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 200-700m |
Description | taproot, gray hirsute, leaves pinnate, 2-7cm, leaflets 11-19, obovate to oblanceolate, truncate, 5-15mm, racemes 8-16-flowered, corolla ascendent, 1-2cm, pod lunulate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 | Astragalus whitedii Piper Astragalus whitedii f. speirocarpoides Barneby Homalobus sinuatus (Piper) Rydb. Homalobus whitedii (Piper) Rydb. Phaca sinuata (Piper) Piper |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington) |