Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus margusaricus Lipsky sect. Dissitiflori |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Petersburgsk. Bot. Sada 26: 164 (1910) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1800-2100m |
Description | leaves 4-7cm, leaflets 3-5 pairs, narrowly linear, acute, adpressed hirsute, raceme long, lax, flowers 5-10, pendent, bracts lanceolate, corolla 25mm long |
Size | 25-30cm |
Color | blue, bluish yellow |
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 | Astragalus sarawschanicus Lipsky Astragalus sarawschanicus var. scoparioides Lipsky Philammos margusaricus (Lipsky) Nevski |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |