Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus piptocephalus Boiss. & Hausskn. sect. Polystegis |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 2: 376 (1872) |
Native Range | nw. & w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | branchlets thin, procumbent, stipules membranous, leaflets 7-8 pairs, oblong-spathulate, flat, obtuse, green, flowers in heads, bracts orbiculate, obtuse, short |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pale red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus segazicus Parsa Tragacantha piptocephala (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |