Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus carduchorum Boiss. & Hausskn. sect. Adiaspastus |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3000m |
Description | spines thin, short, stipules vaginate-connate, leaflets 2-3-pairs, erect, thinly apiculate, spinose, green, abaxially sparsely hirsute, flowers 1-3, axillary, sessile |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iran , Iraq) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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