Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus caulescens (Gontsch.) Abdusal. sect. Pseudoammotrophus |
Bibliography | Dokl. Akad. Nauk Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 18(5): 65 (1975) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 2-4cm, leaflets 6-8 pairs, oval, rounded, 3-4mm, shortly white hirsute, raceme ovoid-globose, many flowered, flowers ca. 11mm long, pod sessile, long white lanate |
Size | 10-12cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | late summer |
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 |
Synonyms | Oxytropis caulescens Gontsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) |