Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus mucidus Bunge ex Boiss. sect. Erionotus |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 2: 279 (1872) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 600-1700m |
Description | white lanate, leaflets 15-20 pairs, elliptic, obtuse, racemes 3-5-flowered, axillary, shortly pedicellate, calyx hirsute, lobes subulate, pod ovoid |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | whitish rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus mucifer Bunge Astragalus serafichanicus Freyn Myobroma mucida (Bunge ex Boiss.) Nevski Tragacantha mucida (Bunge ex Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |