Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus takhtadzhjani Grossh. sect. Malacothrix |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 12: 886 (1946) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 8-12cm, leaflets 12-15 pairs, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, 6-8mm, obtuse, appressed white hirsute, flowers in head, corolla 13-15mm long, pod appressed white pubescent |
Size | 7-10cm |
Color | greenish 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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus schischkinianus Gontsch. Astragalus takhtadzhjanii f. robustior Grossh. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |