Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus syriacus L. sect. Dissitiflori |
Synonyms | Astragalus fruticosus Pall. |
Astragalus suffruticosus DC. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves petiolate, leaflets 15-21, sessile, opposite, ovate-oblong, on both faces softly lanate, floral scapes axillary, villose, flowers large, 5-8, in capitate spike |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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