| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus umbellatus Bunge sect. Cenantrum |
| Synonyms | Astragalus littoralis (Hook.) Coville & Standl. ex Mertie |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
| Description | leaflets 3-4 pairs, oval or ovate, 10-15mm, obtuse, emarginate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pubescent, flowers in umbellate raceme, corolla 12-18mm long, pod elliptic |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
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