Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus piscator Barneby & S.L.Welsh trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Great Basin Naturalist 45: 551 (1985) |
Native Range | Colorado to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1300-1700m |
Description | yellow-green, leaves 4-10cm, leaflets 5-11 pairs, elliptic, acute, 7-17mm long, raceme short, lax, 3-10-flowered, pod lanceolate-ellipsoid, curvate, 24-40mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bright pinkish purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |