Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus androssovianus Gontsch. sect. Ammodendron |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | leaves 4-8cm, leaflets 2-3-pairs, oval-oblong, rounded, green, subglabrous, raceme sessile, elongate, lax, remotely many flowered, flowers 15-16mm long, pod white lanate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Turkmenistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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