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Astragalus crassicarpus |
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| Common name |
groundplum milk vetch |
| Family |
fabaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3-8) |
| Flowers |
rose/white |
| Cultural notes |
well drained soil |
Low-to-the-ground wildflower with compound leaves and rose-and-white pea flowers, which give rise to rounded fruits. Native across a large range of North America.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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- Seed from '13 trade. Baggy 70F (5d) - 35F (8w; 7%G, 2-8w) - 70F (50%G, 3-16d). Sandpaper scarification helped to spur additional germination after the first flush petered out. Only a single seed, one that sprouted during the cold stage, developed into a seedling
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