Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus cobrensis A.Gray trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 43 (1853) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-2200m |
Description | shortly scabrous-hirsute, leaves 1-8cm, leaflets broadly ovate, adaxially glabrous, flowers in raceme, patent, numerous, 6-8mm long, pod pendent, sessile, cylindrical |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | whitish pink |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | Atelophragma cobrense (A.Gray) Rydb. Tragacantha cobrensis (A.Gray) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |