Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus montis-varvashtii Podlech sect. Stereothrix |
Bibliography | Sendtnera 6: 169 (1999) |
Native Range | n. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4100m |
Description | leaves 2-5cm, leaflets 9-12 pairs, elliptic, obtuse to acute, densely white hirsute, 4-9mm, complicate, raceme pedunculate, spherical, densely many flowered |
Size | 4-12cm |
Color | whitish lila |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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) |