Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus wagneri Bartl.ex Bunge sect. Anthylloidei |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 15(1): 125 (1869) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | shortly grey sericeous, stipules narrowly lanceolate, rigid, ciliate, leaflets 9-13 pairs, minute, approximate, complicate, obovate, flowers 3-4 in head, calyx ventricose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring, 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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus karakuschensis Gontsch. Tragacantha wagneri (Bartl. ex Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |