Fabaceae
Astragalus curvicarpus
Astragalus curvicarpus
Also known as Homalobus curvicarpus, Astragalus speirocarpus var. curvicarpus
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Milkvetch · Astragalus · Native · Legume · Great Basin · Dry Soil · Pollinator · Wildflower · Nitrogen-Fixing · Western Us
Curved-pod milkvetch is a low-growing native perennial legume found in open, rocky or sandy soils of the Great Basin and Pacific Northwest. It thrives in well-drained to dry conditions and requires little supplemental watering once established. Its pea-family flowers attract native bees, and its nitrogen-fixing roots make it a beneficial addition to native wildflower meadows and restoration plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to moisten the root zone; allow soil to dry somewhat between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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