Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus sphaeranthus Boiss. sect. Stereothrix |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3600m |
Description | densely hirsute, woody-based, stipules triangular, apiculate, leaflets 7-10 pairs, approximate, elliptic, obtuse, in large, dense, ovate head, pod minute |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iran , Iraq) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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