Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus tiehmii Barneby trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Brittonia 36: 169 (1984) |
Native Range | Nevada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1600-1700m |
Description | adpressed greyish hirsute, leaves 8-26mm, leaflets 7-9 pairs, revolute, obovate-cuneate, 2-6mm, raceme lax, 4-8-flowered, pod unilocular, lunulate, 3-4mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | 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 | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada) |