Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus atwoodii S.L.Welsh & Thorne trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Great Basin Naturalist 37: 103 (1977) |
Native Range | Arizona |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | leaves 2-9cm, leaflets 9-17, linear or oblong, obtuse to rounded, 2-10mm, raceme pedunculate, flowers 2-15. pod subsessile, 2-3cm, cylindrical, strigose |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | yellow-purple |
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 pinonis var. atwoodii (S.L.Welsh & Thorne) Barneby & Isely |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) |