Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus chorgosicus Lipsky sect. Ornitholobium |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 26: 257 (1910) |
Native Range | se. Kazakhstan to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-1200m |
Description | leaves 3-5cm long, petiolate, leaflets 3-4-pairs, narrowly elliptic to linear, sparsely hirsute, raceme 4-8cm, loosely 5-10-flowered, flowers ca. 25mm, pod oblong, erect, glabrous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | rose, pale violet |
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 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |