Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus limnocharis Barneby trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 236 (1946) |
Native Range | Utah |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 2500-3300m |
Description | greenish, glabrous, leaves 2-5cm long, leaflets narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse, revolute, thick, flowers 3-6 in umbel, pod broadly ovoid-spherical, ventricose, 10-16mm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | ochre, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
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. (UTA Utah) |