Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus columbianus Barneby |
Bibliography | Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13(2): 649 (1964) |
Native Range | Washington |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 100-700m |
Description | taproot, leaflets 5-13 pairs, lanceolate, flowers 2-10 in raceme, calyx shortly black hirsute, pod sessile, flattened, with long rostrum |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
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. (WAS Washington) |