Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis nana Nutt. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. [J.Torrey & A.Gray] 1: 340 (1838) |
Native Range | Wyoming |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 850-3000m |
Description | silvery appressed hirsute, leaves 2-11cm, pinnate, leaflets 5-20mm, raceme crowded, 5-30-flowered, flowers 18-24mm long, pod 1-2cm long, rostrum ca. 5mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aragallus collinus A.Nelson Aragallus nanus (Nutt.) Greene Astragalus tomae Tidestr. Oxytropis argentata Pursh Oxytropis collina (A.Nelson) K.Schum. Oxytropis lunelliana A.Nelson Spiesia nana (Nutt.) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WYO Wyoming) |