Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus cottonianus Aitch. & Baker sect. Incani |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 51 (1886) |
Native Range | Central Asia to w. & n. Afghanistan and ne. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 700-1500m |
Description | green, glabrescent, leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 6-7 pairs, suborbiculate or ovate, acuminate. flowers 5-10 in raceme, calyx glabrous, persistent, lobes subulate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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 dilankuri Lipsky Astragalus involucratus Lipsky Chondrocarpus dilankuri (Lipsky) Nevski |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |