Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus babatagi Popov sect. Erionotus |
Bibliography | Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 3: 41 (1928) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | subacaulescent, stipules triangular-lanceolate, leaves 5-12cm, oblong, 4-10mm, obtuse, abaxially appresed hirsute, calyx cylindrical, greenish, flowers in short raceme |
Size | 10-23cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy 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 (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |