Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus tananaicus Hultén sect. Onobrychoidei |
Bibliography | Acta Univ. Lund. 46(1): 1763 (1950) |
Native Range | Alaska to Yukon |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | leaves long petiolate, leaflets 12-17, opposite. ovate-oblong, mucronate, thinly appresed hirsute, floral scapes axillary, erect, flowers sessile in cylindrical spike |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus adsurgens var. tananaicus (Hultén) Barneby Astragalus adsurgens ssp. viciifolius S.L.Welsh Astragalus laxmannii ssp. viciifolius (S.L.Welsh) Podlech Astragalus laxmannii var. tananaicus (Hultén) Barneby & S.L.Welsh Astragalus viciifolius Hultén |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) |