Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus nelidae Gómez-Sosa |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4000m |
Description | densely hirsute, leaflets 5-7 pairs, broadly elliptic, subcomplicate, rounded, flowers 3-5 in terminal cluster, pod glabrous, ventricose, sharply acute, ca. 7mm long |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | blue-violet |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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