Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus kopetdaghi Boriss. sect. Caprini |
Synonyms | Astragalus glabriusculus Gontsch. |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 1500-2500m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 15-25cm long, petiolate, leaflets 17-18-pairs, oblong, acute, 12-22mm, scape glabrous, 1-3cm, 6-10-flowered, calyx cylindrical, flowers 20-25mm long |
Size | 13-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Turkmenistan ) Western Asia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
kopetdaghii orientikopetdaghensis V.V.Nikitin, Izv. Akad. Nauk Turkmensk. S.S.R., Ser. Biol. Nauk 1: 23 (1975)
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