Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus singarensis Boiss. & Hausskn. sect. Malacothrix |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 2: 263 (1872) |
Native Range | Iran to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 4-6cm, leaflets 10-12 pairs, 6-10mm, oblong to broadly elliptic, sparsely lanate, flowers 7-15 in lax, cylindrical spike, calyx sparsely lanate, flowers 2cm long |
Size | 3-8cm |
Color | purple |
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 aligudarzicus Parsa Astragalus atropatanus Fisch. ex Bunge Astragalus pseudopulchellus Maassoumi Astragalus pulchellus Boiss. Oxytropis wendelboi Vassilcz. Tragacantha pulchella (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha singarensis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |