Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus punae I.M.Johnst. |
Bibliography | J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 389 (1947) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina (Jujuy) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | grey cinereous, leaflets 9-11 pairs, complicate, 4-7mm, broadly oblong, adaxially subglabrous, abaxially lanate, truncate, raceme 5-10-flowered, capitate, compact, sessile |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |