| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus caucasicus Pall. sect. Adiaspastus |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
| Description | erinaceous, stipules lanceolate, acuminate, leaflets 6-8 pairs, complicate, linear-lanceolate, spinose, abaxially hirsute, flowers axillary, producing cylindrical spike |
| Size | 40-50cm |
| Color | pale yellow, whitish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | spinose shrub |
| 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
Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
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