Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus flexus Fisch. sect. Caprini |
Synonyms | Astragalus aquae-rubrae B.Fedtsch. |
Astragalus pentapetaloides Bunge | |
Astragalus stenanthus Freyn | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | leaves 15-30cm, leaflets 7-13 pairs, orbiculate to obovate, 5-20mm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially white pubescent, flowers 10-15 in dense raceme, corolla 30-35mm, pod glabrous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Eastern Europe (East European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Iran ) China (Xinjiang) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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