Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus fumosus Boriss. sect. Onobrychoidei |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | taproot, cinereous grey hirsute, leaves 2-5cm, leaflets approximate, 12-15 pairs, oblong-elliptic, 2-7mm, raceme capitate, 1-3cm wide, pod minute, ovoid, densely hirsute |
Size | 7-25cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 (Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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