Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus pamirensis Franch. sect. Gontscharoviella |
Bibliography | Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 2: 344 (1896) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-4200m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 5-20cm, leaflets of 4-6 in 8-14 whorls, narrowly obovate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely villose, flowers 5-15 in raceme, corolla 19-20mm, pod oblong |
Size | 13-20cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus alatavicus var. pamirensis (Franch.) B.Fedtsch. Astragalus myriophyllus Bunge |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |