Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus hosackiae Greene trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci 3: 157 (1885) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | leaves subsessile, leaflets numerous, dense, linear-oblong, 1cm, acute, hirsute, flowers numerous in capitate raceme, calyx campanulate, hispid |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
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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 humistratus var. hosackiae (Greene) M.E.Jones Batidophaca hosackiae (Greene) Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |