Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus aktauensis Gontsch. sect. Caprini |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 96 (1941) |
Native Range | Central Asia to ne. Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-2000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, leaflets lanceolate-linear, abaxially thinly sericeous, sometimes glabrous, peduncles 3-5cm, 3-4-flowered, pod globular, 15-20mm, rounded, white hirsute |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |