Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus petkoffii B.Fedtsch. sect. Craccina |
Bibliography | Izv. Bulg. Bot. Družh. 7: 46 (1936) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 5-7cm, leaflets 5-8 pairs, narrowly linear, 1-2cm, acute, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely white hirsute, raceme oblong, loosely many flowered, flowers 12-13mm |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) |