Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus subvestitus (Jeps.) Barneby |
Bibliography | Amer. Midl. Naturalist. 37: 514 (1947) |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1500-2800m |
Description | densely grey lanate, leaves 2-7cm, leaflets 7-13 pairs, elliptic or obovate, flowers 3-8 in short raceme amongst leaves, pod ascendent, 8-15mm, ovoid, densely hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 leucolobus var. subvestitus Jeps. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |