Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus steinerianus Podlech sect. Dissitiflori |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2700-2800m |
Description | leaves 3-4cm, leaflets 4-8-pairs, remote, linear-filiform, 4-12mm, apiculate, margins revolute, densely white hirsute, racemes in axils of upper leaves, pedunculate, dense |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow-purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 (Afghanistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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