Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus coluteoides Willd. sect. Anthylloidei |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Hist. (Berlin) 1794-1795: 27 (1799) |
Native Range | Lebanon to Syria |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-3000m |
Description | tomentose, stipules ovate, leaflets 15-20 pairs, flat, ovate, mucronate, flowers in pedunculate, lax head, bracts linear, pod hirsute, ovate, mucronate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | yellow-white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
Synonyms | Anthyllis tragacanthoides Labill. Astragalus damascensis DC. Astragalus retusus DC. Saccocalyx coluteoides (Willd.) Steven Tragacantha tragacanthoides (Labill.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |