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NATIVE PLANTS 
FROM THE 
HIGH PLAINS, BADLANDS 
AND BLACK HILLS. 
1945 

ASTRAGALUS SPATULATUS: (Homalobus caes- 
pitosus). However burdened with names, this 
little plant is one of the beautiful treasures of the 
rock gardener’s world. The Pea florets are in shades 
of purple, blue toned mainly, the wings tipped with 
white. Season, May-June. The pungent tipped leaves 
are spatulate, grayish, nearly evergreen, in cushion 
formation seldom exceeding eight inches in spread. 
This growth type has a finely and widely divided, 
partly underground crown and an indivisible, 
branched tap-root. Reproduction is by seed. 
The right soil medium: Any mixture approx- 
imating relatively dry scree is satisfactory, es- 
pecially if it includes an appreciable element of de- 
cayed vegetable matter. An important factor in 
Success is to transplant small plants, early. 
When you have grown Homalobus well you may 
consider most all the beauties of the Great Plains 
at your beck and call. There remain a few “tough- 
er” subjects. 
CLAUDE A. BARR 
PRAIRIE GEM RANCH 
Smithwick, South Dakota 
