Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus asaphes Bunge sect. Adiaspastus |
Habitat | rocks and screes |
Altitude | 2000-2400m |
Description | densely ramose, spines thin, 2cm, leaflets 5-7 pairs, linear-oblong, 5-10mm long, tipped with spine, adaxially glabrous, flowers of 3-4, axillary, crowded in head, 2-3cm |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | lilac |
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
Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , 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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