Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus chrysomallus Bunge sect. Macrocystodes |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | montane |
Description | leaves 10-20cm, leaflets 4-7pairs, broadly elliptic, green, sparsely appresed hirsute, raceme lax, 7-10cm long, 14-20-flowered, flowers 20-26mm, pod ovoid, glabrous |
Size | 20-22cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | 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
Middle Asia (Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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