Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus pickeringii A.Gray |
Bibliography | U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 415 (1854) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3200-4500m |
Description | leaves grey villose, leaflets 9-11 pairs, 5-7mm long, obovate-oblong, emarginate, flowers 3-4 in shortly pedicellate head, calyx cylindrical, lobes subulate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Astragalus pickeringii var. serpens Ball Tragacantha pickeringii (A.Gray) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |