Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus chlorostegius Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 2: 413 (1872) |
Native Range | w. Iraq to Syria |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems white pilose, leaves 20-25-jugate, oblong, obtuse, complicate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially adpressed hirsute, raceme sessile, oblong-cylindrical, calyx long, hirsute |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | early 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 | Tragacantha chlorostegia (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria) |