Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus helmii Fisch. ex DC. sect. Helmia |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | acaulescent, leaflets 4-7 pairs, elliptic, 7-15mm, appressed hirsute, flowers 5-8 in capitate raceme, corolla 21-26mm long, pod oblong-ovoid, densely pubescent |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | whitish yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
Europe
Eastern Europe (Central European Russia , East European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
helmii tergeminus Knjaz. & al., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 9(2): 283 (2006)
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