Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus casapaltensis Ball |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 36 (1885) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | stipules vaginate, leaves numerous, 5-10mm, sparsely long hirsute, glabrescent, 4mm, oval, flowers solitary, terminal, sessile, ca. 6mm long, pod oblong, 5-7mm |
Size | 2-3cm |
Color | bright lilac-red, blue |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |