Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus monteroi I.M.Johnst. |
Bibliography | J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 375 (1947) |
Native Range | s. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves remote, leaflets 6-9pairs, carnose, obcordate or oblong-obcordate, emarginate, glabrous, 4-7mm, flowers in dense, terminal head, pod glabrous, pendent, oblong |
Size | 3-6cm |
Color | blue-white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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 | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLS Chile South) |