Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus egglestonii (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 484 (1939) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | woody-based, leaves 3-6cm, leaflets 15-25, oblong, 4-7mm, bright green, obtuse, adaxially glabrous, raceme 5-8cm, corolla 7-8mm, pod glabrous, 2cm, membranous, reticulate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | Tium egglestonii Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |