Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus leucolachnus Boiss. sect. Rhacophorus |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 2: 357 (1872) |
Native Range | e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | densely pulvinate, branchlets short, shortly spinose, leaves 2-3-jugate, leaflets ovate, obtuse, flat, densely grey tomentose, flowers axillary, crowded on apex of branchlets |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | white |
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 |
Synonyms | Tragacantha leucolachna (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |