Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus beatleyae Barneby |
Bibliography | Aliso 7: 161 (1970) |
Native Range | Nevada (Nye Co.) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2200m |
Description | cinereous, leaves 1-4cm long, long petiolate, leaflets 5-9 pairs, obovate-cuneate, 2-7mm long, raceme lax, short, 2-7-flowered, pod ovoid, ventricose, 7-14mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
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. (NEV Nevada) |