Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus bodinii E.Sheld. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 122 (1894) |
Native Range | Alaska to w. & c. USA, Newfoundland |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaflets 7-15, small, 4-12mm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially setose, flowers in lax raceme, corolla 7-10mm long, pod erect, black hirsute, 5-7mm long, unilocular |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 bodinii var. yukonis (M.E.Jones) B.Boivin Astragalus debilis (Nutt.) A.Gray Astragalus prebblei (Rydb.) Tidestr. Astragalus stragulus Fernald Astragalus visigothicus Tidestr. Astragalus yukonis M.E.Jones Homalobus debilis (Nutt.) Rydb. Homalobus retusus Rydb. Phaca bodinii (E.Sheld.) Rydb. Phaca debilis Nutt. Phaca prebblei Rydb. Phaca stragula (Fernald) Rydb. Phaca yukonis (M.E.Jones) Rydb. Tragacantha debilis (Nutt.) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (NFL Newfoundland) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NEB Nebraska) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |