Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis argophylla (Rydb.) P.M.Sl. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | Montana to Nevada |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | densely caespitose, stipules large, hirsute, leaves silvery white, 3-4cm, leaflets 3-5 pairs, linear-lanceolate, scape white strigose, flowers in capitate spike, calyx sericeous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
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 argophyllus Rydb., Mem. New. York Bot. Gard. 1: 255 (1900) Oxytropis besseyi var. argophylla (Rydb.) Barneby Oxytropis nana var. argophylla (Rydb.) Isely |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada) |