Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus involutivus Sumnev. sect. Helmia |
Bibliography | Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1936(9-10): 5 (1937) |
Native Range | e. Kirgizstan (Tian Shan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | white and silvery hirsute, leaves 6-15cm, leaflets 5-8 pairs, elliptic, 5-10mm, raceme capitate, flowers 25mm, pod sessile, straight, ovoid, densely white and black lanate |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 (KGZ Kirgizistan) |