Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus gypsodes Barneby |
Bibliography | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 499 (1956) |
Native Range | New Mexico to Texas |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1200m |
Description | leaflets 15-30 pairs, 5-20mm, elliptic to ovate, flat, pubescent, raceme 10-30-flowered, flowers 16-24mm long, pod ascendent, oblong, 25-50mm long, bright red |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |