Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus sibthorpianus Boiss. sect. Hololeuce |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 84 (1843) |
Native Range | w. & sw. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | grey hirsute, leaflets approximate, 9-10pairs, oblong-elliptic, flowers in compact ovate-spherical spike, bracts absent, pod ovoid, obtuse, mucronate, crisped hirsute |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 barbatus Sm. Astragalus decipiens Bunge Astragalus mutabilis Boiss. Astragalus paecilanthus Boiss. & Heldr. Astragalus poecilanthus Bunge Astragalus versicolor K.Koch Astragalus wallianus Bornm. & Reese Tragacantha paecilantha (Boiss. & Heldr.) Kuntze Tragacantha sibthorpiana (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |