Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus kuschkensis Boriss. sect. Caprini |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 12: 219 (1946) |
Native Range | Turkmenistan to nw. Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 400-1500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves 15-24cm, petiolate, leaflets lanceolate, elongate-acute, 8-20mm, flowers 2-3, shortly pedicellate, amongst leaves, corolla 28-29mm, pod spherically ovoid, 2cm |
Size | 18-24cm |
Color | yellow, turning red |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | 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 | Astragalus nudus Gontsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |