Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus involutivus Sumnev. sect. Helmia |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | white and silvery hirsute, leaves 6-15cm, leaflets 5-8 pairs, elliptic, 5-10mm, raceme capitate, flowers 25mm, pod sessile, straight, ovoid, densely white and black lanate |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 (Kirgizistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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