Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus spatulatus E.Sheld. |
Bibliography | Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 22 (1894) |
Native Range | British Columbia to w. & c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | silvery setose, leaves crowded, 1-4cm long, mainly simple, linear to oblanceolate, raceme lax, 3-15-flowered, flowers 7-9mm long, pod erect, oblong, acute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus caespitosus (Nutt.) A.Gray Astragalus simplex Tidestr. Astragalus simplicifolius var. caespitosus (Nutt.) M.E.Jones Astragalus simplicifolius var. spatulatus (E.Sheld.) Tidestr. Astragalus spatulatus var. simplex Tidestr. Astragalus spatulatus var. typicus Barneby Astragalus spatulatus var. uniflorus (Rydb.) Barneby Homalobus brachycarpus Nutt. Homalobus caespitosus Nutt. Homalobus canescens Nutt. Homalobus uniflorus Rydb. Phaca brachycarpa Britton Orophaca caespitosa (Nutt.) Britton Tragacantha caespitosa (Nutt.) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |