Carried by 1 nurseries
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Astragalus purshii is a species of milkvetch known by the common names woollypod milkvetch and Pursh's milkvetch. It is native to much of western North America, including the southwestern provinces of Canada and the northwestern United States, where it is known from many types of habitat. This is a small perennial herb forming clumps on the ground no taller than 14 centimeters. The leaves are up to 15 centimeters long and are made up of many oval or rounded leaflets. Stems and leaflets are coated in woolly white hairs. The flower cluster is a cluster of 1 to 11 pink, purple, or white flowers each between 1 and 3 centimeters long. The fruit is a legume pod up to 3 centimeters long which is coated densely in thick white hairs.
Perennial herb
7 in Tall
Mounding
Moderate
White, Pink, Purple
Spring
Full Sun
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Dry flats, slopes
Alpine Fell-Fields, Lodgepole Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Sagebrush Scrub, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 25 likely
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica
Queen Alexandra's Sulphur
Colias alexandra
Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme