Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus varzobicus Gontsch. sect. Caprini |
Bibliography | Fl. Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 5: 666 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1300-3000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 17-25cm, leaflets 20-22 pairs, broadly oval, 7-14mm, retuse, adaxially glabrescent, densely ciliate, raceme loosely 3-4-flowered, shortly pedunculate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | yellow, turning red |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |