Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus laspurensis Ali sect. Onobrychoidei |
Habitat | dry rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3000-4600m |
Description | leaves 3-5cm, leaflets 4-7 pairs, obovate, 3-6mm, white appressed hirsute, flowers 7-10 in dense capitate raceme, corolla 10-14mm, pod narrowly cylindrical, white hirsute |
Size | 15-22cm |
Color | pale purple, yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
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
China (Xinjiang ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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