Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus anserinus N.D.Atwood, Goodrich & S.L.Welsh trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Great Basin Naturalist 44: 263 (1984) |
Native Range | Idaho to Nevada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1400-1800m |
Description | grey-green, leaves pinnate, finely hirsute, flowers 9-11mm long, pods brown-red, softly hirsute, falciform |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | late 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. (IDA Idaho) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |