Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus petkoffii B.Fedtsch. sect. Craccina |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 5-7cm, leaflets 5-8 pairs, narrowly linear, 1-2cm, acute, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely white hirsute, raceme oblong, loosely many flowered, flowers 12-13mm |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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