Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus subumbellatus Klotzsch |
Bibliography | Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar: 159 (1862) |
Native Range | c. & e. Afghanistan to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | stems densely white pubescent, leaves imparipinnate, shortly petiolate, leaflets 2-5mm, oblong, obtuse, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pubescent, flowers in axillary raceme |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white-blue |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Astragalus amherstianus ssp. subumbellatus (Klotzsch) Kamelin Astragalus camporum Benth. ex Bunge Astragalus hippocrepidis Benth. ex Bunge Astragalus humifusus Jacq. ex Baker Tragacantha subumbellata (Klotzsch) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |