Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus pediculariformis Maassoumi sect. Hymenostegis |
Bibliography | Iran. J. Bot. 6: 208 (1994) |
Native Range | nw. Iran (Zanjan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-2200m |
Description | leaves 4-7-jugate, leaflets remote, green, flat, narrowly oblong-elliptic, acute, glabrescent, inflorescence dense, 4-6cm, amongst leaves, corolla 13-18mm |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | deep purple |
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 (IRN Iran) |