Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus caudiculosus Boiss. & A.Huet sect. Hololeuce |
Habitat | snow patches |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | appresed grey sericeous, stipules membranous, leaflets minute, approximate, 6-7 pairs, obovate-oblong, obtuse, flowers few in dense, spherical head, pod white hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
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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