Astragalus floccosus Boiss.


Family	FABACEAE
Genus species	Astragalus floccosus Boiss. sect. Rhacophorus
Synonyms	Astragalus myrianthus Beck
	Astragalus phyllostachys Boiss.
	Astragalus porphyrolepis Fisch.
Habitat	rocky slopes
Description	branchlets white tomentose, stipules shortly triangular, leaves 4 pairs, canaliculate, linear-lanceolate, long spinose, glabrous, green, flowers axillary, forming spike
Size	8-15cm
Color	yellow
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	spinose shrub
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 (Iran)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	FABACEAE Astragalus floccosus Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1. 2: 61 (1843) Synonyms: Astracantha floccosa (Boiss.) Podlech Tragacantha floccosa (Boiss.) Kuntze ============================================================================= floccosus typicus ined. Synonyms: Astracantha radschirdensis (Širj. & Bornm.) Podlech Astragalus haematosemius Bornm. & Širj. Astragalus mesoleios Boiss. & Buchse Astragalus myrianthus Beck Astragalus phyllostachys Boiss. Astragalus pichleri myrianthus (Beck) Širj. Astragalus porphyrolepis Fisch. Astragalus pseudoparrowianus Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus radkanensis Bunge Astragalus radschirdensis Širj. & Bornm. Tragacantha radkanensis (Bunge) Kuntze Iran 34 IRN floccosus pichleri (Beck) Zarre, Maassoumi & Podlech, Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 177: 68 (2008) Basionym: Astragalus pichleri Beck, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51(2): 336 (1886) w. Iran 34 IRN floccosus rahensis (Širj. & Rech.f.) Zarre, Maassoumi & Podlech, ibid. Basionym: Astragalus rahensis Širj. & Rech.f., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 57: 66 (1951) Synonyms: Astragalus caspicus rahensis (Širj. & Rech.f.) Parsa n. Iran 34 IRN