Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis parryi A.Gray trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 4 (1884) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | greyish setose, acaulescent, leaves 3-5cm, pinnate, leaflets 9-19 pairs, narrowly oblong, 3-10mm, raceme 1-3-flowered, at level of leaves, flowers 7-10mm long, pod black hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink-violet |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aragallus parryi (A.Gray) Greene Astragalus parryanus Tidestr. Spiesia parryi (A.Gray) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |