Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus singarensis Boiss. & Hausskn. sect. Malacothrix |
Synonyms | Astragalus aligudarzicus Parsa |
Astragalus pseudopulchellus Maassoumi | |
Astragalus pulchellus Boiss. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 4-6cm, leaflets 10-12 pairs, 6-10mm, oblong to broadly elliptic, sparsely lanate, flowers 7-15 in lax, cylindrical spike, calyx sparsely lanate, flowers 2cm long |
Size | 3-8cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
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
Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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