Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus orcuttianus S.Watson trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 361 (1885) |
Native Range | nw. Mexico (Baja California) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 5-12cm, leaflets numerous, suborbiculate, rounded, 3-7mm, thin, sparsely strigose, glabrescent, corolla ca. 7mm, pod oblong, acute, 15-18mm, glabrous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | 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 | Astragalus orcuttianus var. gregorius M.E.Jones Tium orcuttianum (S.Watson) Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |