Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus nucleifer Boiss. sect. Incani |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 83 (1843) |
Native Range | Syria to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | appresed hirsute, stipules short, triangular-lanceolate, leaves 5-8-jugate, leaflets ovate-oblong, mucronate, flowers in raceme, pod pendent, hirsute, elliptic, mucronate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus arbainensis Eig Astragalus dueluekbabensis Rech.f. Astragalus erihanensis Eig Astragalus erihanensis var. longidens Eig Astragalus elongatus ssp. nucleifer (Boiss.) D.F.Chamb. Astragalus nucleifer var. longidens Jovet & Gomb. Tragantha nucleifera (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |