Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus suberosus Banks & Sol. sect. Platyglottis |
Synonyms | Astragalus ancyleus Boiss. |
Astragalus kirkukensis Eig | |
Astragalus kotschyanus Fisch. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves 2-8cm, leaflets 8-12 pairs, oblong-cuneate, obtuse or emarginate, abaxially hirsute, adaxially glabrous, flowers 2-6 in dense raceme, corolla ca. 18mm, pod oblong, glabrous |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow-white, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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
Western Asia (Cyprus , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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