Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus camelorum Barb.-Boiss. & Barbey sect. Ammodendron |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | grey sericeous, stipules connate, leaflets 7-9, remote, oblong, obtuse, complicate, racemes axillary, shortly pedicellate, 6-8-flowered, bracts oblong, calyx campanulate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellowish purple |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Palestine , Sinai) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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