Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus harringtonii (Rydb.) Coville & Standl. ex Hultén trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Fl. Alaska Yukon: 1087 (1946) |
Native Range | w. Alaska |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves 4-8cm, leaflets 9-15, abaxially long lanate, adaxially glabrous, elliptic, raceme pedunculate, dense, pod ellipsoid, 12-15mm. black hirsute |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus robbinsii var. harringtonii (Rydb.) Barneby Astragalus robbinsii ssp. harringtonii (Rydb.) Hultén Atelophragma harringtonii Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |