Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus holmgreniorum Barneby trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Brittonia 32: 24 (1980) |
Native Range | Arizona to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 800-900m |
Description | adpressed pilose, leaves prostrate, 4-13cm long, leaflets 9-15 pairs, broadly obovate, 8-16mm long, raceme shortly 6-16-flowered, pod lunate-ellipsoid, 3-5cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) |