Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus plumbeus (Nevski) Gontsch. sect. Laguropsis |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 12: 868 (1946) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 5-8cm, leaflets 4-5 pairs, elliptic, rigid, acute, 10-14mm, densely cinereous-pubescent, raceme spherical, dense, 12-25-flowered, flowers ca. 17mm long |
Size | 20-23cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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 |
Synonyms | Oedicephalus plumbeus Nevski |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) |