Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus bijarensis Podlech & Sytin sect. Onobrychoidei |
Bibliography | Sendtnera 8: 160 (2002) |
Native Range | w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1900-2000m |
Description | stipules vaginate-connate, leaves 2-3cm, subsessile, leaflets 7-8 pairs, narrowly elliptic, 5-7mm, densely white hirsute, racemes pedunculate, capitate, densely 3-6-flowered |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |