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Propagation is usually by seeds; also by greenwood cuttings under glass in early summer, or by hardwood cuttings, placed in sheltered situations early in fall and left undisturbed till the following autumn. They may be grown, also, from layers and suckers.
Propagation is usually by seeds; also by greenwood cuttings under glass in early summer, or by hardwood cuttings, placed in sheltered situations early in fall and left undisturbed till the following autumn. They may be grown, also, from layers and suckers.
A. californica, Nutt. Allied to A. fruticosa. Only very young branches pubescent: lfts. 11-17, oval to elliptic-oblong, obtuse, broadly cuneate at the base: spikes 2-4, to 12 in. long. Calif.—A. californica. Hook. & Arn.-A. hispidula.—A, caroliniana, Croom (A. glabra, Boynt., not Poir.). Allied to A. fruticosa. Lfts. numerous, elliptic-oblong, about ½ in. long, glabrous: racemes several, 4-8 in. long: pods nearly straight on the back. Summer. N. C. to Fla. —A, glabra, Boynt, not Poir. - A. caroliniana.—A, hispidula, Greene (A. californica. Hook. & Arn., not Nutt.}. Allied to A. fruticosa. Branchlets and petioles with prickly glands and pubescent: lfts. 17-25, ovate to oblong, villous: spikes solitary, to 7 in. long: pods very glandular. Calif.—-A. laevigata, Nutt. Allied to A. fruticosa. Glabrous: lfts. 9-21, remote, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, cuneate at the base, 1-1¾ in. long.: racemes solitary or several, to 12 in. long: pod straight on the back, very glandular. Spring. Ark., Texas. Var pubescens. Gray (A. texana. Buckl.). More or less pubescent. Texas.—A. microphylla, Pursh (A. nana, Nutt.}. One ft. high: lfts. small, ½ in. long, crowded, glandular beneath: spikes usually single. From Minn, and Iowa west to Rocky Mts.—A. montana, Boynt.-A. glabra.—A. nana, Nutt.-A. microphylla; see also A. fruticosa, var. humilis.—A. paniculata, Torr. & Gray. Shrub, to 12 ft. high; grayish tomentose: lfts. 11-17, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, 1-2 in. long: racemes long and slender, panic ted. Texas.—A. pubescens. , Willd.-A. herbacea.—A.pumila, Michx.-A. herbacea.—A. texana, Buckl. —A. laevigata var. pubescens.—4. virgata. Small. Allied to A. fruticosa. Perennial, 2-6 ft., sparingly branched: lfts. broad, coriaceous: spikes single or few. Southern state.
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