Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus howellii A.Gray |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 15: 46 (1880) |
Native Range | Oregon to Washington |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | greyish, leaves 3-14mm, leaflets 11-17 pairs, linear-lanceolate to oblong, 5-14mm, raceme lax, 5-25-flowered, corolla patent, pod densely shortly lanate, 15-30mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | whitish yellow |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus drepanolobus var. aberrans M.E.Jones Astragalus howellii var. aberrans (M.E.Jones) C.L.Hitchc. Tium howellii (A.Gray) Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |