Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus pseudochlorostachys Ali sect. Cenantrum |
Bibliography | Bot. Not. 118: 94 (1965) |
Native Range | Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-3300m |
Description | leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 7-9, elliptic to ovate, acute or obtuse, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pilose, ciliate, flowers in pedunculate raceme, corolla ca. 25mm long |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | 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 | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |