Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus antabicus Boiss. sect. Rhacophorus |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 86 (1849) |
Native Range | Syria to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets glabrous, spines long, stipules triangular, long acuminate, ciliate, leaflets remote, 6-7 pairs, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, long spinose, flowers 3-5, axillary |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, 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 |
Synonyms | Astracantha antabica (Boiss.) Podlech Astragalus anamurensis Sümbül Astragalus dueluekensis Širj. & Rech.f. Tragacantha antabica (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |