Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus angustiflorus K.Koch sect. Myobroma |
Bibliography | Linnaea 15: 720 (1842) |
Native Range | e. Turkey to nw. & w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 700-2800m |
Description | leaflets 6-8 pairs, ovate-oblong, minutely mucronate, glabrous to softly hirsute, flowers 3-4 in raceme amongst leaves, corolla 18-25mm, pod glabrous, oblong |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus angustiflorus ssp. fraxinella (Bunge) Ponert Astragalus fieldianus Hub.-Mor. Astragalus fraxinella Bunge Astragalus hymenochlaenus Fisch. ex Bunge Astragalus silachorensis Bornm. Tragacantha angustiflora (K.Koch) Kuntze Tragacantha fraxinella (Bunge) Kuntze Tragacantha hymenochlaena (Fisch. ex Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |