Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus pendulus DC. sect. Incani |
Bibliography | Astragalogia: 232 (1802) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1800-2100m |
Description | appresed white hirsute, leaflets 8-10 pairs, elliptic, 8-12mm, acute, sometimes adaxially glabrescent, raceme capitate, few flowered, pod pendent, black setose, oblong |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus atropurpureus Boiss. & Heldr. Astragalus campylosema Boiss. Astragalus campylosema ssp. atropurpureus (Boiss. & Heldr.) D.F.Chamb. Astragalus campylosema var. cappadocicus Boiss. Astragalus campylosema var. glabrescens Boiss. & Noë Astragalus campylosema ssp. nigripilis Hub.-Mor. Astragalus coelestis Boiss. Astragalus feddei Širj. Astragalus fodinarum Bunge Astragalus hashtrudicus Ranjbar Astragalus pityusarum Bornm. Tragacantha atropurpurea (Boiss. & Heldr.) Kuntze Tragacantha campylosema (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha coelestis (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha fodinarum (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |