Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus pachyrrhizus Popov sect. Cystium |
Bibliography | Byull. Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ. 14: 139 (1926) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 4-6cm long, leaflets 7-10 pairs, narrowly linear, acute, 5-10mm, appresed hirsute, raceme spherical, loosely 3-5-flowered, corolla 19-20cm, pod ventricose |
Size | 8-9cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) |