Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus kuschakewiczii B.Fedtsch. sect. Komaroviella |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 21: 311 (1903) |
Native Range | Central Asia to w. & nc. China and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4300m |
Description | densely grey hirsute, leaves 1-3cm, petiolate, leaflets 6-9 pairs, oblong to elliptic, rounded, flowers 4-10 in lax raceme, corolla 8-10mm long, pod patent, ellipsoid, hirsute |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | light blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus eugeniae B. Fedtsch. Astragalus hegingensis Y.X.Liou Astragalus kuschakewiczii f. albiflora O.Fedtsch. Astragalus mongutensis Lipsky Astragalus pulvinalis P.C.Li & C.C.Ni |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |