Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus ajfreidii Aitch. & Baker sect. Aegacantha |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 157 (1882) |
Native Range | e. Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-3400m |
Description | leaflets 2-3-pairs, appresed hirsute, rigid, linear-apiculate, spinose, stipules minute, deltate, flowers solitary, shortly pedicellate |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |